Management of posttraumatic soft tissue infections

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-146

  Abubaker, A Omar ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADRENALIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DETERGENT; DICLOXACILLIN; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; ERTAPENEM; FLUCONAZOLE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KETOLIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TROVAFLOXACIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037308019     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3699(02)00068-7     Document Type: Review

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