What is subacute necrotizing fasciitis?: A proposed clinical diagnostic criteria

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 415-419

  Wong, Chin Ho ^a   Wang, Yi Shi ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infection; Subacute; Variant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN;

EID: 33744543041     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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