Nontraumatic clostridial myonecrosis

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-162

  Burke, Michael Philip ^a   Opeskin, Kenneth ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridia; Gangrene; Myonecrosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MUSCLES; NECROSIS;

EID: 0033065422     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00011     Document Type: Article

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