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Limb salvage after gas gangrene: a case report and review of the literature
Gas gangrene is a necrotic infection of soft tissue associated with high mortality, often necessitating amputation in order to control the infection. Herein we present a case of gas gangrene of the arm in an intravenous drug user with a history of intramuscular injections with normal saline in the s...
Autores principales: | Aggelidakis, John, Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos, Topalidou, Anastasia, Koutroumpas, John, Kouvidis, Georgios, Katonis, Paulos |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182882/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21846405 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-6-28 |
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