Fournier's gangrene and its emergency management

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 970, 2006, Pages 516-519

  Thwaini, A ^a,b   Khan, A ^d   Malik, A ^d   Cherian, J ^c   Barua, J ^c   Shergill, I ^c   Mammen, K ^e  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HAROLD WOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747453056     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.042069     Document Type: Review

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