Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of infections after trauma in children

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 162-167

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Infection, anaerobic bacteria; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BITE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DECUBITUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PNEUMONIA; PREVOTELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MARYLAND; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031859584     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.3.162     Document Type: Article

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