Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Sepsis Presenting with Septic Pulmonary Emboli

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-385

  Kruse, Brian T ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Tyler F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; MRSA; sepsis; septic pulmonary embolus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FAMOTIDINE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NITRITE; ONDANSETRON; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEVER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALAISE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SKIN ABSCESS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ABSCESS; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 70449521472     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.12.029     Document Type: Article

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