A complex approach to the treatment of fournier's gangrene

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-135

  Sroczyński, Maciej ^a   Sebastian, Maciej ^a   Rudnicki, Jerzy ^a   Sebastian, Agata ^a   Agrawal, Anil K ^b  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b 2nd Dept of Gen and Oncol Surg   (Poland)

Author keywords

Debridement; Gangrene; Hyperbaric oxygenation; Infection

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; CANDIDA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLOSTOMY; CYSTOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOURIER GANGRENE SEVERITY INDEX; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84875837929     PISSN: 18995276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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