Staphylococcal neonatal necrotising fasciitis: Survival without radical debridement

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1069, 1998, Pages 251-253

  Chen, John W ^a,b   Broadbent, Roland S ^a   Thomson, Ian A ^a  

^a DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRRIGATION; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032503966     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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