A case series of patients with black tar heroin-associated necrotizing fasciitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Lonergan, Seamus ^a,b   Rodriguez, Robert M ^a,b   Schaulis, Monique ^a,b   Navaran, Prashanth ^c  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin; Injection drug users; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; LACTIC ACID; TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GAS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INJECTION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0742289917     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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