Rhabdomyolysis in community acquired bacterial sepsis--a retrospective cohort study.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Rhabdomyolysis is often associated with sepsis and gram positive bacterial pathogens are reported to be the most frequent cause of sepsis induced rhabdomyolysis. We report the pattern of infecting bacterial pathogens and associated causal factors in a South-Indian cohort. D...

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Main Authors: Anita A Kumar, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha, Porchelvan Swaminathan, Georgi Abraham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2747002?pdf=render