A difficult case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by acinetobacter baumannii

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 152-154

  Corradino, Bartolo ^a   Toia, Francesca ^a   Di Lorenzo, Sara ^a   Cordova, Adriana ^a   Moschella, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumanni; necrotizing fasciitis; soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BORIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOTROPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG SWELLING; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND DRESSING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BORIC ACIDS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 78650346044     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734610389598     Document Type: Article

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