Leech-transmitted ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-193

  Wang, Eric W ^a   Warren, David K ^a   Ferris, Vicky M ^b   Casabar, Ed ^b   Nussenbaum, Brian ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMELOBLASTOMA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LEECH; LEECHING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE DEFECT; MANDIBLE RESECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN FLAP; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS CONGESTION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEECHES; LEECHING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 79952028780     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2010.257     Document Type: Article

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