SELECTED NONSURGICAL ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS - THERAPEUTIC CHOICES AND THE EFFECTIVE ARMAMENTARIUM

Authors
GOLDSTEIN EJC
Citation
Ejc. Goldstein, SELECTED NONSURGICAL ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS - THERAPEUTIC CHOICES AND THE EFFECTIVE ARMAMENTARIUM, Clinical infectious diseases, 18, 1994, pp. 190000273-190000279
Citations number
69
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Clinical infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
10584838
Volume
18
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
4
Pages
190000273 - 190000279
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(1994)18:<190000273:SNAI-T>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Anaerobic bacteria play an important role in diverse clinical infectio ns. In this review the historical role and prevalence of anaerobes and their potential impact on the management of patients are discussed in terms of pleuropulmonary infections, animal and human bite-wound infe ctions, diabetic foot infections, bacteremia, tetanus, diarrhea due to Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, and diarrhea due to toxigenic Bacteroides fragilis.