Prognostic value of the LRINEC score (Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis) in soft tissue infections: A prospective study at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital;Valeur pronostique du score Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) dans les dermohypodermites infectieuses : étude prospective au CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-11

  Corbin, V ^a,b   Vidal, M ^a   Beytout, J ^a   Laurichesse, H ^a   D'Incan, M ^a,b   Souteyrand, P ^a,b   Lesens, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Erysipelas; LRINEC score; Necrotizing fasciitis; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149091640     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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