681Microscopically Diagnosed Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Series of 29 Patients —Can We Depend on the Macroscopic Findings?
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Patients —Can We Depend on the Macroscopic Findings? Kiyoharu Muranaka, MD; Naoto Hosokawa, MD, PhD; Ryota Hase, MD; Yoshifumi Uwamino, MD; Takahiro Mikawa, MD; Daisuke Suzuki, MD; Shunsuke Uno, MD; Kazuyasu Miyoshi, MD; Koji Fujita, MD; Hiroyuki Suzuki, MD; Yoshihito Otsuka, PhD; Department of Infectious Diseases, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan; Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan
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