Necrotizing fasciitis after cesarean delivery

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-412

  Goepfert, Alice R ^a   Guinn, Debra A ^a   Andrews, William W ^a   Hauth, John C ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031106562     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: 15339866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006250-199703000-00018     Document Type: Article

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