Soft tissue infection of the head and neck in HIV -A vexing diagnostic conundrum

Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) are a spectrum of aggressive and devastating conditions with a high mortality rate. Immunocompromised patients are highly susceptible to these infections and may manifest unusual variants and varied combinations of the various conditions in this spectrum. We...

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Main Authors: R Keerthi (Author), Tulasi Nayak (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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