The use of quantitative bacteriologic assessment of bone

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 397-401

  Heller, William A ^b   Gottlieb, Lawrence J ^a   Zachary, Lawrence S ^b   Finn, Henry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BONE AND BONES; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030723716     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199708000-00019     Document Type: Article

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