Life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-147

  Levine, Erika Gaines ^a   Manders, Steven M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIA; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 15744374567     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2004.06.014     Document Type: Article

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