Necrotizing fasciitis: A life-threatening clinical disorder in uncontrolled type 2 diabetic patients

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-223

  Oncul, O ^a   Erenoglu, C ^a   Top, C ^a   Kucukardali Y ^a   Karabudak, O ^a   Kurt, Y ^a   Akin, M L ^a   Cavuslu, S ^a   Celenk, T ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Necrotizing fasciitis; Surgical infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; ORNIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SURGICAL INJURY; TISSUE CULTURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 41749107105     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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