Bacterial skin infections at a tertiary dermatological centre

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 353-356

  Tan, H H ^a   Tay, Y K ^a   Goh, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cloxacillin; Pyoderma; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PYODERMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBUNCLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOXACILLIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PYODERMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 0031660088     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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