A 46-year-old man with excruciating shoulder pain

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1039-1044

  Olafsson, Eric J ^a   Zeni, Tallal ^a   Wilkes, David S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Streptococcal gangrenous myositis; Streptococcal soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; HYDROCODONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHAIN SAW OPERATOR; CHILL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GANGRENE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL WALL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX WALL;

ABDOMINAL WALL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15844388808     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.3.1039     Document Type: Article

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