Something fishy: An unusual Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection in an immunocompromised individual

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sinclair, Marie ^a   Hawkins, Angela ^a   Testro, Adam ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROHN DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 84877851429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008873     Document Type: Article

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