Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa (ENV): A complication of congestive heart failure and obesity

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-417

  Baird, Drew ^a   Bode, David ^a   Akers, Troy ^a   DeYoung, Zachariah ^a  

^a EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Congestive heart failure; Elephantiasis; Lymphedema; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS NOSTRAS VERRUCOSA; FATALITY; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN BIOPSY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CITROBACTER KOSERI; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELEPHANTIASIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952217348     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090139     Document Type: Article

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