Management of Fournier's gangrene at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 370-373

  Ayumba, B R ^a   Magoha, G A O ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT;

HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; KENYA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTUM; SEPTICEMIA; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

KENYA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031738475     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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