Necrotizing fasciitis: A plea for early diagnosis and treatment

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 253-261

  Cunningham, John D ^b   Silver, Lester ^a   Rudikoff, Donald ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myonecrosis; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infection; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034908273     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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