Clostridium sordellii toxic shock syndrome

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 725-726

  Aronoff, David M ^a   Ballard, Jimmy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CYTOSKELETON; EDEMA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; LEUKEMOID REACTION; MALE; METRITIS; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; HUMANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 71549128970     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70303-2     Document Type: Letter

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