Soft tissue gas gangrene: A severe complication of emphysematous cholecystitis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Safioleas, Michael ^a,b   Stamatakos, Michael ^a   Kanakis, Meletios ^a   Sargedi, Constantina ^a   Safioleas, Constantinos ^a   Smirnis, Anastasios ^a   Vaiopoulos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Complication; Emphysematous; Gas gangrene; Myonecrosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; METEORISM; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38049098405     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.213.323     Document Type: Article

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