Necrotizing fasciitis: Review of pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-84

  McGee, Emily J ^a,b  

^a Ortho/Trauma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Streptococcal infections; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 12944289613     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-200501000-00008     Document Type: Review

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