Lower-extremity wounds inflicted by rats

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 58-61

  Levy, Jason M ^a   Levin, Richard S ^a   Clancy, James T ^a  

^a JFK Medical Center Atlantis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BITE WOUND; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG INJURY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; RAT STRAIN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND CARE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POVERTY; RAT;

AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POVERTY; RATS;

EID: 0037271574     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-93-1-58     Document Type: Letter

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