A case of non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae Septicemia with endophthalmitis in a cirrhotic patient

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 475-476

  Yang, Chin Chao ^a   Lee, Bor Jen ^a   Yang, Sheng Shun ^a   Lin, Yu Hui ^a   Lee, Ya Ling ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chia Yi Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLOMOXEF; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; ORBIT TUMOR; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; HEPATITIS C; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIOSIS; VIROLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 58149390194     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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