Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) Score as a Predictor and Monitor of Mortality in Patients with Vibrio vulnificus Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

BACKGROUND: Vibrio vulnificus necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections (VNSSTIs) usually predispose patients with or without preexisting liver disease to septic shock, and then evolve to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), thus resulting in high mortality in humans. However, clinicians do...

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Autores principales: Huang, Kuo-Chin, Tsai, Yao-Hung, Huang, Kuo-Chung, Lee, Mel S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25923115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003720

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25923115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003720

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