Vibrio vulnificus septicaemia in Japan: An estimated number of infections and physicians' knowledge of the syndrome

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 993-996

  Osaka, K ^a   Komatsuzaki, M ^a,b   Takahashi, H ^a   Sakano, S ^c   Okabe, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CALCULATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; SAMPLING; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 4744356288     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268804002407     Document Type: Article

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