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Necrotizing Fasciitis: a Clinical Case and a Review of the Literature

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology
Volume 12 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)
By: Ivanka Danchova Temelkova,  Yordan Stoyanov Milev,  Zhasmina Krasimirova Garkova,  Tsveta Ivanova Kalinova,  Zhenya Krasimirova Dimitrova,  Bogdana Dimitrova Ivanova,  Jana Stoyanova Kazandjieva and  Sonya Stoyanova Márina  
Open Access
|Apr 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjdv-2020-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2406-0631
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Language: English
Page range: 141 - 146
Submitted on: Feb 12, 2020
Accepted on: Dec 24, 2020
Published on: Apr 27, 2021
Published by: Serbian Association of Dermatovenereologists (SAD)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Fasciitis,
Necrotizing,
Soft Tissue Infections,
Diagnosis,
Signs and Symptoms,
Debridement,
Fasciotomy,
Treatment Outcome,
Antibacterial Agents
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Dermatological and veneral diseases

© 2021 Ivanka Danchova Temelkova, Yordan Stoyanov Milev, Zhasmina Krasimirova Garkova, Tsveta Ivanova Kalinova, Zhenya Krasimirova Dimitrova, Bogdana Dimitrova Ivanova, Jana Stoyanova Kazandjieva, Sonya Stoyanova Márina, published by Serbian Association of Dermatovenereologists (SAD)
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