Necrotizing fasciitis and non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: A case series and review of the literature

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 1124, 2001, Pages 3-6

  Forbes, Nadia ^b   Nigel Rankin, Alan Patrick ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OBESITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COMORBIDITY; CYTOKINES; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14344282769     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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