A 42-year-old woman with septic shock: An unexpected source

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 275-278

  Sacks, Richard ^a   Kerr, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; dog bite; hyposplenism; septic shock

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER RELAPSE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOG BITE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HEADACHE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOGS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84858707994     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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