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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

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Location: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001443.htm

Description: Necrotizing soft-tissue infection is a severe type of tissue infection that can involve the skin, subcutaneous fat, the muscle sheath (fascia), and the muscle. It can cause gangrene, tissue death, systemic disease, and death.

Type: Lecture/Presentation
Author/Contact: Kenneth Wener, M.D.,
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston,
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Language: English

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Added: Sun Apr 02 2006