Fournier's gangrene in elderly patient: Report of a case

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 255-258

  Nakatani, Hajime ^a   Hamada, Shinichi ^a   Okanoue, Toyotake ^a   Kawamura, Akihiro ^a   Chikai, Takashi ^a   Yamamoto, Shinya ^a   Inoue, Yuichiro ^a   Hanazaki, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a Kubokawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debridement; Fournier's gangrene; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMENTIA; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; JAPANESE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN REDNESS;

FUSOBACTERIUM SP.; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 80052726995     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.58.255     Document Type: Article

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