Necrotizing Fasciitis: Diagnostic Challenges in a Mute Bedridden Patient with Atypical Laboratory Parameters

A 27-year-old mute bedridden patient required parenteral corticosteroids and antibiotics, and hospitalization for an acute respiratory illness. After 2 days, staff noted a ~0.3 cm blister on the patient's right heel. Within 19 hours, blistering increased and the foot became partly gangrenous. T...

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Autores principales: Lohiya, Ghan-Shyam, Tan-Figueroa, Lilia, Krishna, Vijay, Lohiya, Sunita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/253906

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23197984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/253906

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