Necrotizing fasciitis following therapeutic injection in a shoulder joint;Nekrotisierende fasziitis nach injektionstherapie im schultergelenk

Orthopade

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 250-252

  Unglaub, F ^a   Guehring, T ^b   Fuchs, P C ^a   Perez Bouza, A ^a   Groger, A ^a   Pallua, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

D bridement; Injection therapy; Necrotizing fasciitis; Sepsis; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGEON;

AGED; AMPUTATION; CORTISONE; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 16844368715     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-005-0766-0     Document Type: Article

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