Necrotizing soft-tissue infections

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1075-1087

  Kuncir, Eric J ^a   Tillou, Areti ^a   St Hill, Charles R ^a   Petrone, Patrizio ^a   Kimbrell, Brian ^a   Asensio, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TISSUE NECROSIS;

EID: 0347383728     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(03)00089-0     Document Type: Review

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