Fulminant necrotizing fasciitis caused by Aeromonas sobria in neutropenic patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3287-3290

  Chang, Hung ^a,b   Hung, Yu Shin ^a,b   Shie, Shian Sen ^a   Lin, Tung Liang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas sobria; Febrile neutropenia; Leukemia; Necrotizing fasciitis; Quinolones

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MITOXANTRONE; MYOGLOBIN; QUINOLONE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEG SWELLING; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; QUINOLONES;

EID: 84870908168     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6281     Document Type: Article

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