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Case 2-2011

Authors :
Gerald F. Abbott
Mary Jane Ferraro
Robert C. Moellering
Source :
New England Journal of Medicine. 364:266-275
Publication Year :
2011
Publisher :
Massachusetts Medical Society, 2011.

Abstract

A 30-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital because of hypotension and respiratory failure. One month earlier, cultures of an abscess on her leg grew MRSA; antibiotics were prescribed and the abscess resolved. On the day of admission, the patient was found unresponsive at home.

Details

ISSN :
15334406 and 00284793
Volume :
364
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
New England Journal of Medicine
Accession number :
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