Vibrio Vulnificus necrotizing fasciitis of the calf presenting with compartment syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 666-668

  Miron, Dan ^a,b   Lev, Ami ^a   Colodner, Raul ^a   Merzel, Yoseph ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child; Compartment syndrome; Hemochromatosis; Iron overload; Necrotizing fasciitis; Spherocytosis; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROCYTOSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0041843851     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200307000-00022     Document Type: Article

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