Microbiology and surgical indicators of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary hospital of southwest Taiwan

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, Yao Hung ^a,b   Huang, Kuo Chin ^a,b   Shen, Shih Hsun ^a,b   Hsu, Wei Hsiu ^a,b   Peng, Kuo Ti ^a,b   Huang, Tsung Jen ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Gram negative; Gram positive; Necrotizing fasciitis; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; PREVOTELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN DEFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VIBRIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEFTRIAXONE; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TAIWAN; VIBRIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857047564     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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