Aggressiveness - The key to a successful outcome in necrotizing soft tissue infection

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-24

  Singh, Gurjit ^a   Chawla, S ^b  

^a Artificial Limb Centre   (India)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Necrotizing soft tissue infections; Synergistic gangrene

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYGEN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; SCROTUM; SKIN CARE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0344874742     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(03)80098-9     Document Type: Article

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