The use of Integra™ in necrotizing fasciitis

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Akhtar, Sohail ^a   Hasham, Saiidy ^a,b   Abela, Chris ^a   Phipps, Alan R ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Lacemakers House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENBUCRILATE; MARKER; SILICONE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN; INTEGRA ARTIFICIAL SKIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN DRESSING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; LEG PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WOUND INFECTION; ARTIFICIAL SKIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELLULITIS; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32044444860     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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