Nosocomial transmission of necrotising fasciitis

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9719, 2010, Pages 1052-

  Sablier, Frédérique ^a   Slaouti, Tayeb ^a   Drèze, Pierre Alexandre ^b   El Fouly, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Allemeersch, Daniel ^a   Van Melderen, Laurence ^b   Smeesters, Pierre R ^b,c  

^a Cliniques de l'Europe   (Belgium)

^b Faculté des Sciences   (Belgium)

^c HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 77949534016     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60052-9     Document Type: Article

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