Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Volume 2012, Article ID 517135, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/517135
Case Report
Pseudomonas Necrotizing Fasciitis in an Otherwise Healthy Infant
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Krachi 74800, Pakistan
Received 12 July 2012; Accepted 18 October 2012
Academic Editors: M. Ghate, C. L. Gibert, A. C. Sena, and S. Talhari
Copyright © 2012 Shakeel Ahmed et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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