Microbiological evaluation of infected wounds of the extremities in 214 adults

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-34

  Holzapfel, Laurent ^a   Jacquet Francillon, Thierry ^a   Rahmani, Jamil ^b   Achard, Pascal ^c   Marcellin, Eric ^d   Joffre, Thierry ^b   Lallement, P Y ^b   Bousquet, A ^b   Devaux, Sabine ^e   Coupry, A ^a  

^a Ctr Hospitalier de Bourge en Bresse   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cellulitis; Infected wounds; Micro organisms

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TICARCILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032965085     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.1.32     Document Type: Article

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