Postoperative necrotizing chest-wall infection - Case report of a rare complication after elective lung surgery

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-245

  Hämmäinen, Pekka ^a,b   Kostiainen, Seppo ^a  

^a Central Hospital   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing infection; Postoperative fasciitis; Postoperative infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; NETILMICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG TUMOR; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX WALL;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORAX; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0031669591     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017439850140049     Document Type: Article

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