Common bacterial pyodermas: Taking aim against the most likely pathogens

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-322

  Carroll, John A ^a  

^a MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN ETHYLSUCCINATE; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PYODERMA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0029828236     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.09.84     Document Type: Review

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