Upper extremity necrotizing soft tissue infection: a complication of intravenous methamphetamine use

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga, New Zealand.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Scott J P McLaughlin et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;91(7-8):1629-1631.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16504. Epub 2020 Dec 15.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga, New Zealand.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga, New Zealand.

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