Diagnosis of wound infections: Current culturing practices of U.S. Wound care professionals

Wounds

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 314-328

  Bamberg, Richard ^a   Karen Sullivan, P ^a   Conner Kerr, Teresa ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PODIATRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036873505     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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