Necrotizing soft tissue infections;INFECCIONES NECROSANTES DE PARTES BLANDAS

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-20

  García De Polavieja, Manuel ^a   Fernández, Rubén ^a   Martínez, Chanel ^a   Prieto, Francisca ^a   García, Luis ^a   Bravo, Domingo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

gas gangrene; necrotizing cellulitis; necrotizing fasciitis; necrotizing soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029871156     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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