Subacute Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Gas-Producing Staphylococcus aureus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 612-614

  Saliba, W R ^a,b   Goldstein, L H ^a,b   Raz, R ^a,b   Mader, R ^a,b   Colodner, R ^a,b   Elias, M S ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242266413     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1023-2     Document Type: Article

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