Techniques for early diagnosis and management of cervicofacial necrotising fasciitis
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The diagnosis and management of necrotising fasciitis
INTRODUCTION Necrotising soft tissue infections (NSTIs) were first described in 1871 as ‘hospital gangrene’ and they continue to carry a high mortality and morbidity rate[1]. Necrotising soft tissue infections are, as the name implies, infections that affect the soft tissue by causing necrosis. They spread along the fascial layers and can be either monobacterial or multibacterial in origin. Alt...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0022-2151,1748-5460
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215110000514