Necrotizing fasciitis: A diagnostic challenge

American Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 145-149

  Meltzer, Daniel L ^a   Kabongo, Martin ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sharp Fam Pract Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CAUSALITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030793367     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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