Should prophylactic thrombolysis be routine in clinical practice? Evidence from an autopsy case of septicemia

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Inai, Kunihiro ^a   Noriki, Sakon ^a   Iwasaki, Hiromichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Candida spp; Central venous catheter; Pathological staining; Sepsis; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

DORIPENEM; FOSFLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILIARY STENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDEMIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER THROMBOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL DETECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG ABSCESS; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS CANCER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INCISION;

EID: 84893189730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-14-6     Document Type: Article

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