Fournier's gangrene: Report of thirty-three cases and a review of the literature

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 960-967

  Tahmaz, Lutfi ^a   Erdemir, Fikret ^a   Kibar, Yusuf ^a   Cosar, Ahmet ^a   Yalcýn, Orhan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Treatment; Unprocessed honey

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HONEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SEPSIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCROTUM; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745897897     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01448.x     Document Type: Article

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