Diagnosis, management and outcomes of necrotising soft tissue infection within a plastic and reconstructive surgery unit

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-61

  Lee, Ling Hong ^a   Chalmers, Richard ^a   Muir, Tobian ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Fournier's gangrene; Management; Necrotising fasciitis; Necrotising soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN PLUS FLUCLOXACILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AEROCOCCUS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; FOURNIERS SEVERITY INDEX; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY RISK INDICATOR FOR NECROTISING FASCIITIS; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSEUDOMONAS; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

DIAGNOSIS; FOURNIER'S GANGRENE; MANAGEMENT; NECROTISING FASCIITIS; NECROTISING SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901303625     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 20456441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0036933013518155     Document Type: Article

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