Fournier gangrene. A retrospective study of 41 cases;Gangrena de Fournier: Estudio retrospectivo de 41 casos

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 218-223

  Torremadé Barreda, Jose ^a   Millán Scheiding, Mónica ^a   Suárez Fernández, Cristina ^a   Cuadrado Campaña, Jose María ^a   Rodríguez Aguilera, José ^a   Franco Miranda, Eladio ^a   Biondo, Sebastiano ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fascitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERINEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950518714     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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