Clostridium sordellii surgical site infection after breast mass excision: Case report

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-162

  Smith, Craig ^a   Goslin, Brent ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBENICILLIN; DORIPENEM; ERTAPENEM; LINEZOLID; NORADRENALIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTINUOUS HEMODIALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOTENSION; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN SWELLING; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 84875185270     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2011.060     Document Type: Article

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