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- Title
Prognostic factors and antibiotics in Vibrio vulnificus septicemia.
- Authors
Liu, Jien-Wei; Lee, Ing-Kit; Tang, Hung-Jen; Ko, Wen-Chien; Lee, Hsin-Chun; Liu, Yung-Ching; Hsueh, Po-Ren; Chuang, Yin-Ching
- Abstract
Immunocompromised patients with Vibrio vulnificus septicemia are at high risk for fatality. When a hemorrhagic bullous necrotic cutaneous lesion (HBNCL) and decreased blood pressure develop, approximately 50% of V vulnificus septicemic patients die within 48 hours. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factor(s) for fatality among patients with V vulnificus septicemia, emphasizing the role of prescribed antimicrobial agents in general and the therapeutic efficacy of the combination of a third-generation cephalosporin and tetracycline or its analogue in particular.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2006, Vol 166, Issue 19, p2117
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.166.19.2117