Aeromonas hydrophila sepsis mimicking vibrio vulnificus infection

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Park, Se Young ^a   Nam, Hyun Min ^a   Park, Kun ^a   Park, Seok Don ^a,b  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Microbiological techniques; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054005266     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S25     Document Type: Article

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