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Management of Necrotizing Pneumonia and Pulmonary Gangrene: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Neela Chatha,

Dalilah Fortin,

Karen J. Bosma

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2014/864159

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , gangrene , retrospective cohort study , surgery , streptococcus pneumoniae , respiratory failure , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Necrotizing pneumonia is an uncommon but severe complication of bacterial pneumonia, associated with high morbidity and mortality. The availability of current data regarding the management of necrotizing pneumonia is limited to case reports and small retrospective observational cohort studies. Consequently, appropriate management for these patients remains unclear.

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