Necrotising fasciitis in both calves caused by Aeromonas caviae following aesthetic liposuction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Park, Si Young ^a   Jeong, Woong Kyo ^a   Kim, Min Ja ^a   Lee, Kyung Mi ^a   Lee, Won Seok ^a   Lee, Dae Hee ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Calf; Liposuction; Necrotising fasciitis

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NECROSIS; AEROMONAS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEG; LIPECTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEG; LIPECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956340708     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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