Necrotizing Fasciitis as the Clinical Presentation of a Retroperitoneal Abscess

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Amitai, Allon ^a   Sinert, Richard ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abscess; diverticulitis; fasciitis; necrotizing; retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SIGMOIDECTOMY; SKIN GRAFT; THIGH;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37849031227     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.048     Document Type: Article

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