Sepsis associated with lactobacillus bacteremia in a patient with ischemic colitis

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 606-608

  Kulkarni, Hrishikesh ^a   Khoury, Charbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; colitis; ischemia; Lactobacillus; sepsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906995229     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.140152     Document Type: Article

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