Necrotizing fasciitis: A six-year experience

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-100

  Tunovic, Edin ^a   Gawaziuk, Justin ^a,b   Bzura, Tom ^a   Embil, John ^a,c   Esmail, Ali ^a   Logsetty, Sarvesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Sections of General and Plastic Surgery   (Canada)

^c Section of Infectious Diseases   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEG; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855811931     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318239d571     Document Type: Article

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