Necrotizing fasciitis: Delay in diagnosis results in loss of limb

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1222-1223

  Varma, Rajat ^a,b,c   Stashower, Mitchell E ^a,b  

^a Naval Air Station Oceana   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NAFCILLIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TISSUE CULTURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AMPUTATION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750033919     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02656.x     Document Type: Article

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