Fournier's gangrene: A monographic urology center experience with twenty patients

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-328

  Martinez Rodriguez R ^a   Ponce De Leon J ^a   Caparros J ^a   Villavicencio, H ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓ PUIGVERT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Genitourinary reconstruction; Genitourinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350302280     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000241676     Document Type: Article

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