A five-year review of necrotising fasciitis in a tertiary referral unit

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-60

  Swain, R A ^a   Hatcher, J C ^b   Azadian, B S ^b   Soni, N ^b   De Souza, B ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Necrotising fasciitis Abscess Fasciitis Sepsis Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84872123453     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588413X13511609956093     Document Type: Article

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