Pneumococcal necrotizing fasciitis in a patient with Type 2 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 899-903

  Prakash, P K ^a   Biswas, M ^a   ElBouri, K ^a   Braithwaite, P A ^a   Hanna, F W ^a  

^a PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Necrotizing fasciitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; METFORMIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542603271     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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