Objective criteria may assist in distinguishing necrotizing fasciitis from nonnecrotizing soft tissue infection

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Wall, Derek B ^a   De Virgilio, Christian ^a   Black, Susan ^a   Klein, Stanley R ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0034002657     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00259-7     Document Type: Article

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