Life-threatening cervical necrotizing fasciitis

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-413

  Helmy, A S ^c,d   Salah, M A ^c   Nawara, H A ^c   Khatab, H ^a   Khalaf, H A ^b   El Maguid, N Abd ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cervical; Idiopathic; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEROIDES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEPHALOSPORINS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031471909     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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