A case series of group A Streptococcus necrotizing fasciitis in military trainees

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 373-375

  Crum, Nancy F ^a   Hale, Braden R ^a   Judd, Sharon E ^a   Lim, Matthew L ^a   Wallace, Mark R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PHARYNGITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SOLDIER; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRAINING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEACHING;

EID: 3242719602     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.5.373     Document Type: Article

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