Diagnosis and management of necrotizing fasciitis

Orthopedics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Stoneback, Jason W ^a   Hak, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; METHODOLOGY;

DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS;

EID: 79952518390     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20110124-20     Document Type: Review

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