Fournier's gangrene: A review of 110 cases for aetiology, predisposing conditions, microorganisms, and modalities for coverage of necrosed scrotum with bare testes

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1275, 2008, Pages

  Bhatnagar, Ashok M ^a   Mohite, Prashant N ^b   Suthar, Manoj ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEVER; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCROTAL PAIN; SCROTAL SWELLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TESTIS INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM;

ADULT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCROTUM;

EID: 45749133044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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