Necrotizing soft tissue infections: Are we making any progress?

Surgical Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-150

  Malangoni, M A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LACTIC ACID; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; X RAY; REVIEW;

HUMAN; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034834998     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109629601750469465     Document Type: Article

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