Citric acid treatment of necrotizing fasciitis: A report of two cases

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 536-538

  Nagoba, Basavraj S ^a   Gandhi, Rajan C ^a,b   Wadher, Bharat J ^c   Gandhi, Sanjay P ^b,d   Selkar, Sohan P ^a  

^a Medical College   (India)

^b Gandhi Hospital   (India)

^c RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Dr Ulhas Patil Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Citric acid treatment; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZLOCILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC PATIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CITRIC ACID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN CARE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78649639533     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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