Necrotizing soft-tissue infections

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 846-854

  Bosshardt, Thomas L ^a   Henderson, Vernon J ^a,b   Organ Jr , Claude H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; ILLICIT DRUG; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOTULISM; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0029746683     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430200056011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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