Fournier gangrene in spinal cord injury: A case report

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-16

  Eltorai, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN; OXYGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; BACTERIOSTASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EPITHELIZATION; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PERINEUM; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WOUND HEALING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33745127760     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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