Infections complicating pulsed carbon dioxide laser resurfacing for photoaged facial skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 527-535

  Sriprachya Anunt, Suchai ^a   Fitzpatrick, Richarzd E ^b,c   Goldman, Mitchel P ^b,c   Smith, Stacy R ^b  

^a Pornkasem Skin and Laser Center   (Thailand)

^b High RES Inc   (United States)

^c Dermatol Assoc S Diego Co Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030835391     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00679.x     Document Type: Article

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