Diagnosis and treatment of spontaneous group a streptococcal peritonitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Monneuse, O ^a   Tissot, E ^a   Gruner, L ^a   Michaillard Kaempf, F ^a   Allaouchiche, B ^b   Etienne, J ^a,b   Barth, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PERITONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949092876     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6822     Document Type: Article

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