Overwhelming Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection in a patient with asplenia

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shahani, Lokesh ^a   Khardori, Nancy ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SMOKING; SPLENECTOMY; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84899642517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202768     Document Type: Article

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