Necrotizing fasciitis of the knee following primary total knee arthroplasty

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2076-2079

  Steckel, Hanno ^a   Baums, Mike H ^b   Tennstedt Schenk, Cornelia ^c   Klinger, Hans M ^d  

^a MVZ VITALIS   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amputation; Infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE;

EID: 81155131783     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1561-6     Document Type: Article

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