Management of lower leg cellulitis

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-27

  Cox, Neil H ^a  

^a CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; CPD; Erysipelas; Lower leg; Necrotising fasciitis; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; M PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BITE; BLOOD CULTURE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDEMA; ERYSIPELAS; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEG DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TINEA PEDIS; ULCER;

EID: 0036175375     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.2-1-23     Document Type: Review

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