Trends in 393 necrotizing acute soft tissue infection patients 2000-2008

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-260

  Bernal, Nicole P ^a   Latenser, Barbara A ^b   Born, Janelle M ^b   Liao, Junlin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis; Necrotizing soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ACUTE SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREND STUDY; TRUNK; VENTILATOR; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857452347     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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