Severe sepsis caused by Aeromonas hydrophila in a patient using tocilizumab: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Okumura, Kenji ^a   Shoji, Fumihiro ^a   Yoshida, Masaki ^a   Mizuta, Atsushi ^a   Makino, Ichiro ^a   Higashi, Hidefumi ^a  

^a STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULPERAZON; TOCILIZUMAB;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; JAPANESE; JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 80053557909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-499     Document Type: Article

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