Soft tissue and bone infections from puncture wounds in children

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 126-128

  Laughlin, Terese J ^a   Armstrong, David G ^a   Caporusso, Joseph ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SHOE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030965520     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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