Vibrio vulnificus oysters: Pearls and perils

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 788-792

  Daniels, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FASCIOTOMY; FECES CULTURE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; MORTALITY; OYSTER; PASTEURIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEPTICEMIA; SHELLFISH; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; OSTREIDAE; SEAFOOD; UNITED STATES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 79953766060     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq251     Document Type: Article

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