Cellulitis after hip surgery: Long-term follow-up of seven cases

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 133-136

  Studer Sachsenberg, E M ^a   Ruffieux, Ph ^a   Saurat, J H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030797629     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03716.x     Document Type: Article

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