Eighty-five consecutive cases of cellulitis: Clinical features, management and implications for hospital care

Phlebology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-96

  Butcher, W B ^a   Papworth, S E ^a   Parvin, S D ^a   Darke, S G ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0038451299     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/026835503321895406     Document Type: Article

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