Cutaneous ulceration after an octopus bite: Infection due to Vibrio alginolyticus, an emerging pathogen;Ulcération cutanée après morsure de poulpe : infection à Vibrio alginolyticus, un pathogène émergent

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-227

  Campanelli, A ^a   Sanchez Politta, S ^a   Saurat, J H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infections due to Vibrio alginolyticus; Octopus bite

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NEBACETIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; OCTOPUS; SKIN ULCER; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCTOPODIFORMES; SKIN ULCER; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 43449088844     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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