The evaluation of microbiology and Fournier's gangrene severity index in 27 patients

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Uluǧ, Mehmet ^a   Gedik, Ercan ^a   Girgin, Sadullah ^a   Çelen, Mustafa K ^a   Ayaz, Celal ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Microbiology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS DISEASES; DEBRIDEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCROTUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350568830     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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