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Understanding necrotizing soft tissue infections in the intensive care unit

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Abbreviations

ATB:

Antibiotics

GAS:

Group A streptococcus

ICU:

Intensive care unit

ID:

Infectious diseases

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

NSTI:

Necrotizing soft-tissue infection

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  1. Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    Tomas Urbina

  2. Sorbonne Université, Université Pierre-Et-Marie Curie, Paris 6, France

    Tomas Urbina

  3. Department of Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Martin Bruun Madsen

  4. Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Créteil, France

    Nicolas de Prost

  5. Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC), Créteil, France

    Nicolas de Prost

  6. Groupe de Recherche Clinique CARMAS, Université Paris Est-Créteil, Créteil, France

    Nicolas de Prost

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Urbina, T., Madsen, M.B. & de Prost, N. Understanding necrotizing soft tissue infections in the intensive care unit. Intensive Care Med 46, 1739–1742 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06071-w

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