Severe alcoholic hepatitis accompanied by Fournier's gangrene

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-422

  Zenda, Takahiro ^a,b   Kobayashi, Tomomi ^a   Miyamoto, Susumu ^a   Okada, Toshihide ^b  

^a Himi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Fournier's gangrene; Immunocompromised host; Infectious sequelae; Liver failure; Severe alcoholic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CILASTATIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GLUCOSE; IMIPENEM; INSULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITALIA, MALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037396650     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200304000-00014     Document Type: Article

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