Improving outcomes in Fournier's gangrene

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 691-692

  Quatan, N ^a   Kirby, R S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIITIS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942478543     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04753.x     Document Type: Note

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