A case of postsurgical necrotizing fasciitis invading the rectus abdominis muscle and review of the literature

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Carbonetti, Francesco ^a   Cremona, Antonio ^a   Guidi, Marco ^a   Carusi, Valentina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 84955670500     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/479057     Document Type: Review

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