Comparison of Quantitative Microbiology and Histopathology in Divided Burn-Wound Biopsy Specimens

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 74-76

  Mcmanus, Albert T ^a   Kim, Seung H ^a   Mcmanus, William F ^a   Mason, Arthur D ^a   Pruitt, Basil A ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; BURN; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0023153266     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1987.01400130080012     Document Type: Article

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