31-year-old injection drug user with massive skin necrosis and shock

Dermatology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-171

  Hengge, Ulrich R ^a   Beiderlinden, Martin ^a   Otterbach, Friedrich ^a   Groeben, Harald ^a   Nast Kolb, Dieter ^a   Mehnert, Wolfgang H ^b   Peters, Jürgen ^a   Schmid, Kurt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Injection drug abuse; Septic shock; Tissue necrosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FASCIOTOMY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN NECROSIS;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LEG; NECROSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SKIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037278385     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068458     Document Type: Article

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