Joseph Jones: Infection with flesh eating bacteria

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-753

  Quirk Jr , William F ^a   Sternbach, George ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

flesh eating bacteria; necrotizing fasciitis; soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030293713     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(96)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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