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Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria)

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References

Citations

  1. Tan JS (2007). Necrotizing skin and soft-tissue infections. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy, pp. 95–99. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

  2. Stevens DL (1999). The flesh-eating bacterium: What's next? Journal of Infectious Diseases, 179(Suppl 2): S366–S374.

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004). Group A Streptococcal (GAS) Disease. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/groupastreptococcal_g.htm.

  4. Swartz MN, Pasternack MS (2005). Necrotizing fasciitis section of Skin and soft tissue infections. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1189–1191. Philadelphia: Elsevier.

  5. Wilkinson D, Doolette D (2004). Hyperbaric oxygen treatment and survival from necrotizing soft tissue infection. Archives of Surgery, 139(12): 1339–1345.

Other Works Consulted

  • Nichols RL (2007). Bacterial diseases of the skin. In RE Rakel, ET Bope, eds., Conn's Current Therapy, pp. 971–976. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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