A review of necrotising fasciitis in the extremities

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-52

  Cheung, Jason P Y ^a   Fung, Boris ^a   Tang, W M ^a   Ip, W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Epidemiology; Fasciitis, necrotizing; Streptococcus; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FASCIOTOMY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 61849150391     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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