Local Trends of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Necrotizing Fasciitis Patients in Two Tertiary Care Hospitals in Central Malaysia

• Main Authors: Sanjiv Rampal (Author), Thanusha Ganesan (Author), Narresh Sisubalasingam (Author), Vasantha Kumari Neela (Author), Mehmet Ali Tokgöz (Author), Arun Arunasalam (Author), Mohd Asyraf Hafizuddin Ab Halim (Author), Zulfahrizzat Bin Shamsudin (Author), Suresh Kumar (Author), Ajantha Sinniah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rapidly progressive inflammatory infection of the soft tissue (also known as the fascia) with a secondary necrosis of the subcutaneous tissues, leading to a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), shock and eventually death despite the availability...