Increasing incidence of necrotizing fasciitis in New Zealand: A nationwide study over the period 1990 to 2006

Journal of Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 429-433

  Das, Dilip Kumar ^a   Baker, Michael G ^a   Venugopal, Kamalesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Case fatality; Emerging infectious disease; Ethnicity; Incidence; Mortality; Necrotizing fasciitis; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82255179534     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.07.019     Document Type: Article

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