Klebsiella pneumoniae necrotizing fasciitis in a Latin American male

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART 11, 2012, Pages 1614-1616

  Persichino, Jon ^a   Tran, Richard ^b   Sutjita, Made ^a   Kim, Daniel ^a  

^a Riverside County Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM PAIN; ARM SWELLING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; JAUNDICE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84867527575     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.043638-0     Document Type: Review

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