Skin and soft tissues: Management of four common infections in the nursing home patient

Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 33-41

  O'Donnell, J A ^a   Hofmann, M T ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOXACILLIN; DYCIL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMCICLOVIR; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINDANE; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; PERMETHRIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VALACICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CELLULITIS; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0034785889     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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