Human soft tissue infection by the emerging pathogen Shewanella algae

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 310-312

  Goyal, Renu ^a   Kaur, Narinder ^a   Thakur, Rajeev ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Identification; Infections; Shewanella sp.

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ALGA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHEWANELLA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND;

SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ALGAE; SHEWANELLA SP.;

EID: 79955806843     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1436     Document Type: Article

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