Idiopathic neonatal necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp: A case report

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 368-370

  Ozturk, Serdar ^a   Zor, Fatih ^a,b   Karslioglu, Yildirim ^a   Sengezer, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Plastik Cerrahi Klinigi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fasciitis; Neonatal; Scalp

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN SURGERY; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 30344443081     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-005-0801-8     Document Type: Article

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