Necrotising fasciitis: Experience with 32 children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-189

  Legbo, J N ^a   Shehu, B B ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETANUS TOXOID;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALNUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUTURING METHOD; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 23944452537     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X58111     Document Type: Article

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