Two cases of Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139 septicaemia with favourable outcome in Lebanon

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 722-724

  Feghali, R ^a   Adib, S M ^b  

^a RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; POLYMYXIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHOLERA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEBANON; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 80052003952     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2011.17.8.722     Document Type: Article

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