Sucking injury or gas gangrene?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-116

  Williams, A B ^a   Aston, N O ^a  

^a Greenwich District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas gangrene; Sucking wounds; Surgical emphysema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; PUNCTURE; REST; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEG; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0032993707     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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