Necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus differs from that caused by streptococcal infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-316

  Fujisawa, N ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Kohda, H ^a   Tadano, J ^a   Hayashi, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PURPURA; SEA FOOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN NECROSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WINTER;

EID: 0031811974     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)94387-0     Document Type: Article

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