Impact of increasing antimicrobial resistance on wound management

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Filius, P Margreet G ^a   Gyssens, Inge C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRAMYCETIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG INDICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0036168342     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200203010-00001     Document Type: Review

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