Necrotising infections of soft tissues - A clinical profile

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 366-371

  Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Sinha, Sunil K ^a   Adhikary, Shailesh ^a   Babu, K Srinivas ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Khanna, Satish K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Necrotising infections; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERALIMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036399635     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150260284897     Document Type: Article

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