Necrotizing soft tissue infection;Fascitis necrotizante

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 999-1005

  Iribarren B, Osvaldo ^a,b  

^a Hospital Roy H Glover   (Chile)

^b Hospital Roy Glover   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fasciitis; Infection; Inflammation; Necrosis; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; REVIEW;

FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS;

EID: 0030202078     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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