Extensive necrotising fasciitis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a child with acute myeloid leukaemia: case report and literature review

Eur J Pediatr. 2005 Feb;164(2):113-4. doi: 10.1007/s00431-004-1554-2. Epub 2004 Oct 14.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Debridement
  • Face
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / microbiology*
  • Fasciitis, Necrotizing / therapy*
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / therapeutic use
  • Hemorrhage / microbiology
  • Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid / complications*
  • Male
  • Parenteral Nutrition, Total
  • Pseudomonas Infections / complications*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor