A 12-month-old infant with Fournier gangrene associated with varicella

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 719-720

  Cortés, Jeff R ^a,b   Arratia, Jorge A ^a   Jaime, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR JOSÉ ELEUTERIO GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Pediatric fournier gangrene; Scrotal abscess; Varicella

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PENIS; SCROTUM; WOUND HEALING;

CHICKENPOX; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349120385     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181567fff     Document Type: Article

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