A case of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causing bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1223-1224

  Elvy, Juliet ^a   Hanspal, I ^a   Simcock, P ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GANCICLOVIR; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BIOPSY; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; PENICILLIN G; SUS SCROFA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 56049084457     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.060251     Document Type: Article

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