Pyoderma gangrenosum. A diagnosis not to be missed

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 893-894

  Armstrong, P M ^a   Ilyas, I ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Berendt, A R ^a   Conlon, C P ^a   Simpson, A H R W ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TEICOPLANIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN DEFECT; TISSUE CULTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM;

EID: 0032886783     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B5.9439     Document Type: Article

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