A case of septicaemic anthrax in an intravenous drug user

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Powell, Arfon G M T ^a   Crozier, Joseph E M ^a   Hodgson, Heather ^a   Galloway, David J ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; DIAMORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEG EDEMA; LEG INJURY; LEG SWELLING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN INDURATION; TACHYCARDIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG USE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTEREMIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG USERS; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 78651583756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-21     Document Type: Article

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