Necrotising fasciitis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7873, 2012, Pages

  Sultan, Helen Yasmin ^a   Boyle, Adrian A ^b   Sheppard, Nicholas ^b  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866063849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4274     Document Type: Article

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