Necrotizing fasciitis of the genital area: A twelve years experience;Fascitis necrosante del area genital: experiencia de doce anos

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 195-199

  Morrondo Valdeolmillos, P ^a   Fernandez Rico R ^a   Bravo Sanchez D ^a   Garcia De Polavieja M ^a   Garcia Castrillo L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Hyperbaric oxygen; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM ION; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0346369686     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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