Shewanella soft tissue infection: case report and literature review

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Tsai, Moan Shane ^a,b   You, Huey Ling ^b   Tang, Ya Fen ^b   Liu, Jien Wei ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Shewanella; Shewanella algae; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG USE; FACE; FASCIOTOMY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACRIMAL SAC; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG ULCER; LIMB; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCALP; SEPTICEMIA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SHEWANELLA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 54349094046     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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