Postirradiation Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated necrotizing fasciitis in the Western hemisphere: A rare but life-threatening clinical entity

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Kelesidis, Theodoros ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacteria; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Necrotizing fasciitis; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FASCIOTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OPERATING ROOM; RADIOTHERAPY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349233087     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a393a4     Document Type: Review

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