Cutaneous herpetic infections complicating burns

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 621-624

  Sheridan, Robert L ^a,b   Schulz, John T ^a,b   Weber, Joan M ^a,b   Ryan, Colleen M ^a,b   Pasternack, Mark S ^b,c   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a,b  

^a Division of Trauma Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burns; Herpes simplex; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HERPES; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BURNS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034333802     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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