Melioidotic necrotizing fasciitis presenting as a supraclavicular mass

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-153

  Ma, Tsung Liang ^a   Huang, Guan Cheng ^a   Tang, Hung Jen ^a   Chang, Chia Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NECK TUMOR; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449117212     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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