Group a beta-haemolytic streptococcal necrotising fasciitis: Early diagnosis and clinical features

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-9

  Simonart, T ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Creatine kinase; Group A haemolytic streptococci; Magnetic resonance imaging; Necrotising fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0942300679     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075038     Document Type: Review

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