Fournier gangrene presenting in a patient with undiagnosed rectal adenocarcinoma: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Moslemi, Mohammd Kazem ^a   Gilani, Mohammad Ali Sadighi ^b   Moslemi, Ali Akbar ^c   Arabshahi, Ali ^a  

^a QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77953463225     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9136     Document Type: Article

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