Toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis complicating neglected sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1386-1390

  Velitchkov, Nadko ^a   Djedjev, Marin ^a   Kirov, Gueno ^a   Losanoff, Julian ^a   Kjossev, Kirien ^a,b   Losanoff, Hristo ^a  

^a MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Bulgaria)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Diagnosis; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Necrotizing fasciitis; Pilonidal cyst; Streptococcus pyogenes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PILONIDAL SINUS; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILONIDAL SINUS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0030670190     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02050828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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