Septic shock from Pasturella multocida following a cat bite: Case report and review of literature

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 603-605

  Adler, Adam C ^a   Cestero, Cesar ^a   Brown, Robert B ^a,b  

^a St Vincent's Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANKLE INJURY; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; CAT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ANKLE INJURIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RISK FACTORS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 82455189629     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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