Rigorous Vibrio vulnificus soft tissue infection of the lower leg in a renal transplant patient managed by vacuum therapy and autologous growth factors

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-214

  Thodis, Elias ^a   Kriki, Pelagia ^a   Kakagia, Despoina ^a   Passadakis, Ploumis ^a   Theodoridis, Marios ^a   Mourvati, Euthymia ^a   Vargemezis, Vassilios ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; ELECTRIC FISH; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEG INJURY; MICROBIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG INJURIES; MALE; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SKATES (FISH); SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 70349568649     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2008.08033     Document Type: Article

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