A case series describing 118 patients with lower limb necrotizing fasciitis

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Khanna, A K ^a   Tiwary, Satyendra K ^a   Kumar, Puneet ^a   Khanna, Rahul ^a   Khanna, Anuradha ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Lower limb necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; PENICILLIN G; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649130498     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734609334809     Document Type: Article

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