Monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis in a white male caused by hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1519-1521

  Gunnarsson, Gudjon L ^a   Brandt, Pernille B ^a   Gad, Dorte ^a   Struve, Carsten ^b   Justesen, Ulrik S ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; AMLODIPINE; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM; METFORMIN; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN V; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SIMVASTATIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THRUSH; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENMARK; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING;

EID: 70350508210     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.011064-0     Document Type: Article

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