Fournier's Gangrene Associated with Intradermal Injection of Cocaine

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1184-1186

  Khan, Fahd ^a   Mukhtar, Saheel ^a   Anjum, Faqar ^a   Tripathi, Bharati ^a   Sriprasad, Seshadri ^a   Dickinson, Ian K ^a   Madaan, Sanjeev ^a  

^a DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Fournier's Gangrene; Priapism

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COCAINE; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELLULITIS; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENILE SWELLING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84875660896     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12055     Document Type: Article

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