Antibiotic therapy in gunshot wound injuries

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 408, Issue , 2003, Pages 82-85

  Simpson, Bonnie M ^a,b   Wilson, Robert H ^a   Grant, Richard E ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BALLISTICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037337427     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200303000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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