Case survey of management of cellulitis in a tertiary teaching hospital

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 553-556

  Aly, Ahmad A ^a,b   Roberts, Neil M ^a   Seipol, Kirsten S ^a   MacLellan, Donald G ^a,c,d  

^a HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Department of Surgery ^*  (Australia)

^d WODEN VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0029954534     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138641.x     Document Type: Article

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