Fatal Morganella morganii bacteraemia in a diabetic patient with gas gangrene

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 965-967

  Ghosh, Sujoy ^a   Bal, Abhijit M ^a   Malik, Iqbal ^a   Collier, Andrew ^a  

^a AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEEL; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN ULCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BACTEREMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORGANELLA MORGANII;

EID: 67650138192     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008821-0     Document Type: Article

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