Gas gangrene: Potential for hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 217-224

  Stephens, Mark B ^a  

^a Naval Hospital Bremerton   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G;

ARM INJURY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE;

EID: 0029920340     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00325481.1996.11946109     Document Type: Article

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