Necrotizing fasciitis caused by dental infection: A retrospective analysis of 9 cases and a review of the literature

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-290

  Umeda, Masahiro ^a   Minamikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Komatsubara, Hideki ^a   Shibuya, Yasuyuki ^a   Yokoo, Satoshi ^a   Komori, Takahide ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROMICIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFODIZIME; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINCOMYCIN; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; REVIEW; TOOTH INFECTION; TRACHEOTOMY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037741028     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2003.85     Document Type: Article

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