Clostridium tetani bacteraemia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART1, 2013, Pages 155-156

  Hallit, Rabih Riad ^a   Afridi, Muhammad ^a   Sison, Raymund ^a   Salem, Elie ^a   Boghossian, Jack ^a   Slim, Jihad ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HEMORRHOID; HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE; NEBULIZER; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; TACHYCARDIA; TETANUS; WEAKNESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS VACCINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS;

EID: 84871134261     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.044941-0     Document Type: Article

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