Recurrent crepitant cellulitis caused by Clostridium perfringens

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1173-1174

  Bryant, Penelope ^a   Carapetis, Jonathan ^a,b   Matussek, Jan ^a   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Clostridium perfringens; Crepitant cellulitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOREIGN BODY; GAS GANGRENE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

ADOLESCENT; CELLULITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; PENICILLINS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0036905419     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200212000-00021     Document Type: Article

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