Fulminant fatal bacteremic pneumonia due to Aeromonas hydrophila in a non immunocompromised woman

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-65

  Nagata, Kazuma ^a   Takeshima, Yoshimi ^a   Tomii, Keisuke ^a   Imai, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Non immunocompromised; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; BACTEREMIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 78651233062     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4192     Document Type: Article

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