Multifocal necrotising fasciitis: An overlooked entity?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-512

  El Khani, Ussamah ^a   Nehme, Jean ^a   Darwish, Ammar ^b   Jamnadas Khoda, Benjamin ^a   Scerri, Godwin ^a   Heppell, Simon ^a   Bennett, Nicholas ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debridement; Group A streptococcal disease; Multifocal necrosis; Necrotising fasciitis; Necrotising soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS;

EID: 84857783915     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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