Lactobacillus gasseri causing Fournier's gangrene

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 501-503

  Tleyjeh, Imad M ^a   Routh, Jonathan ^a   Qutub, Mohammed O ^a   Lischer, Garrett ^a   Liang, Kelly V ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PENIS AMPUTATION; PYURIA; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN NECROSIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENIS; SCROTUM;

EID: 4143127738     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410015916     Document Type: Article

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