Necrotising fasciitis: A series of seven cases

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-106

  Alva, Avinash M ^a   Talwalkar, Sumedh C ^a   Shah, Nikhil ^a   Lee, Noel ^a,b  

^a WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group A beta haemo lytic Streptococcus; LRINEC; Necrotising fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876761735     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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