Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections of the Perineum and Genitalia: Bacteriology, Treatment and Risk Assessment

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 524-529

  BASKIN, L S ^a   CARROLL, P R ^a   CATTOLICA, E V ^a   McANINCH, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING INFECTION; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NECROSIS; PERINEUM; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0025254390     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.1990.tb14801.x     Document Type: Article

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