A life-threatening infection: Fournier's gangrene

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-392

  Atakan, Irfan Huseyin ^a   Kaplan, Mustafa ^a   Kaya, Esat ^a   Aktoz, Tevfik ^a   Inci, Osman ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Penis; Scrotum

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CARBUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CYSTOSTOMY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORCHIECTOMY; PENIS AMPUTATION; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTUM; SURVIVAL; TISSUE CULTURE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URINARY DIVERSION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCROTUM;

EID: 0042815074     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024427418743     Document Type: Article

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