FOURNIERS-GANGRENE WITH AN UNUSUAL UROLOGIC ETIOLOGY

Authors
FIALKOV JM WATKINS K FALLON B KEALEY GP
Citation
Jm. Fialkov et al., FOURNIERS-GANGRENE WITH AN UNUSUAL UROLOGIC ETIOLOGY, Urology, 52(2), 1998, pp. 324-327
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Urology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00904295
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
324 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-4295(1998)52:2<324:FWAUUE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing infection affecting the male geni talia and perineum, caused by synergistic aerobic and anaerobic organi sms. We report on a previously undescribed upper urinary tract etiolog y for this life-threatening infection. UROLOGY 52: 324-327, 1998. (C) 1998, Elsevier Science Inc. Ail rights reserved.