Early diagnosis of retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1071-1073

  Pryor, John P ^a   Piotrowski, Edward ^b   Seltzer, Charles W ^c   Gracias, Vicente H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cullen's sign; Fasciitis; Grey Turner's sign; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunocompromised; Infection; Retroperitoneal

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PELVIS ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL DISEASE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0035014498     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200105000-00040     Document Type: Article

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