Fatal case of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii necrotizing fasciitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 651-653

  Sullivan, Donald R ^a   Shields, Julia ^a   Netzer, Giora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMIPENEM; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTUBATION; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; RESUSCITATION; URINALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953577649     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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