Prognostic factor of mortality and its clinical implications in patients with necrotizing fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1011-1018

  Lee, Yao Chou ^a,b   Hor, Lien I ^b   Chiu, Haw Yen ^a   Lee, Jing Wei ^a   Shieh, Shyh Jou ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; SEA WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEA FOOD; SKIN DEFECT; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903817529     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-013-2039-x     Document Type: Article

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