Necrotizing cellulitis of the hand and forearm in a hospitalized diabetic patient;Celulitis necrosante de la mano y del antebrazo en una paciente diabetica hospitalizada

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-38

  Lozano, Fernando ^a   Martín, Estrella ^a   Jiménez, Pedro ^b   Hidalgo, Enrique ^a   Robles, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Medicina Intensiva   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROSIS; RHIZOMUCOR;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARM; CELLULITIS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLYBURIDE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NECROSIS; RHIZOMUCOR;

EID: 0033033525     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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