Factors affecting mortality in Hong Kong patients with upper limb necrotising fasciitis

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-104

  Yeung, Y K ^a   Ho, S T ^a   Yen, C H ^b   Ho, P C ^c   Tse, W L ^c   Lau, Y K ^d   Choi, K Y ^e   Choi, S T ^b   Lam, Marianne M Y ^e   Cheng, Sally H S ^c   Wong, T C ^f  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Debridement; Fasciitis; Necrotizing; Upper extremity; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EDWARDSIELLA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79955747399     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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