Tropical Pyomyositis : Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital in North-West India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1057-1059

  Malhotra, P ^a   Singh, S ^a   Sud, Archana ^a   Kumari, Savita ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0034330569     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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