Necrotizing fasciitis induced by self-injection of kerosene

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 388-390

  Awe, Adefisayo Julius ^a,b   Soliman, Mohammed A ^a   Gourdie, Ronald W ^a  

^a Northern Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KEROSENE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0347504483     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.388     Document Type: Article

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