Escherichia hermannii wound infection
A 23-yr-old female in good health lacerated her right ankle with a dirty stick in early September 1985. The patient was admitted to another hospital where the wound was sutured and she was treated with intravenous antibiotics for 7 days. In this case, the clinical significance of the E. hermannii ca...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical microbiology newsletter 1987-03, Vol.9 (5), p.38-39 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A 23-yr-old female in good health lacerated her right ankle with a dirty stick in early September 1985. The patient was admitted to another hospital where the wound was sutured and she was treated with intravenous antibiotics for 7 days. In this case, the clinical significance of the E. hermannii cannot be determined unequivocally because E. cloacae was also present although their repeated isolation argues for an etiologic role for both species. |
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ISSN: | 0196-4399 1873-4391 |
DOI: | 10.1016/0196-4399(87)90049-3 |