Fatal skin and soft tissue infection of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: A case report

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 532-536

  Ali, Aqsa ^a   Botha, John ^a   Tiruvoipati, Ravindranath ^a  

^a FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Infection; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GLUCOSE; LINCOMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FAT NECROSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904319346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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