Necrotising infection of the orofacial tissues in neonates (noma neonatorum)

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-346

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a   Hashim, Hussein A ^a   Rubeiz, Michel T ^a   Hamdan, Ashraf M ^a   Bitar, Fadi F ^a   Serhal, Haytham M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cancrum oris; Full term newborn; Noma; Noma neonatorum; Pseudomonas aerugenosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; VANCOMYCIN;

ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL CULTURE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEG; MALE; NEWBORN; NOSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCROTUM; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT PALATE; STOMATITIS; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0031663372     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319850158714     Document Type: Article

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