Conservative management of necrotizing fascitis in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1144-1148

  Wakhlu, Ashish ^a   Chaudhary, Amit ^a   Tandon, Raj K ^a   Wakhlu, Avtar K ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Necrotizing fascitis; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANALGESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANALGESIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OINTMENTS; POVIDONE-IODINE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33744910826     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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