A case of severe Ebola virus infection complicated by gram-negative septicemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 2394-2401

  Kreuels, Benno ^a,c   Wichmann, Dominic ^a   Emmerich, Petra ^d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^a,d   De Heer, Geraldine ^a   Kluge, Stefan ^a   Sow, Abdourahmane ^e,f   Renné, Thomas ^a,g   Günther, Stephan ^a,d   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a   Addo, Marylyn M ^a,h   Schmiedel, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLONIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEROPENEM; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALAISE; MALARIA; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REHYDRATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIERRA LEONE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VOMITING; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIARRHEA; EBOLA VIRUS; FLUID THERAPY; GENETICS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HEPATITIS B; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIARRHEA; EBOLAVIRUS; FLUID THERAPY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RNA, VIRAL; SIERRA LEONE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84912539212     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411677     Document Type: Article

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