Necrotizing soft tissue infections

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 138-144

  Shiroff, Adam M ^a   Herlitz, Georg N ^a   Gracias, Vicente H ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Necrotising soft tissue infection; superantigen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; SUPERANTIGEN;

AMPUTATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTISING FASCIITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION TYPE 1; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION TYPE 2; NECROTIZING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION TYPE 3; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THROMBOSIS; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; NECROSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899799211     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066612463680     Document Type: Review

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