Analysis of the increasing prevalence of necrotising fasciitis referrals to a regional plastic surgery unit: A retrospective case series

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 304-311

  Hodgins, N ^a,b   Damkat Thomas, L ^a,b   Shamsian, N ^a,b   Yew, P ^a   Lewis, H ^a   Khan, K ^b  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fasciitis; Infection; Necrosis; Necrotising fasciitis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; SODIUM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLISTER; CASE STUDY; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TISSUE CULTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; MICROBIOLOGY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924934055     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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