Conservative management of necrotizing fasciitis of the eyelids

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2118-2122

  Luksich, Jason A ^a   Holds, John B ^a,b   Hartstein, Morris E ^a  

^a Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYELID DISEASES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036841409     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01257-5     Document Type: Article

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