Seal finger-Tetracycline is first line

Journal of Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-75

  Hartley, J W ^a   Pitcher, D ^b  

^a Truro Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FINGER AMPUTATION; FISHERMAN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT STIFFNESS; LAVAGE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEAL FINGER; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENOSYNOVITIS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0036705894     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2002.1027     Document Type: Review

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