Common Acute Hand Infections

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2167-2176

  Clark, Dwayne C ^a  

^a NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; FAMCICLOVIR; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TETANUS TOXOID; TIMENTIN; VALACICLOVIR;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BITE; BITE WOUND; CLENCHED FIST INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FELON; HAND INFECTION; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION RISK; PARONYCHIA; PYOGENIC FLEXOR TENOSYNOVITIS; REVIEW; SPLINTING; TENOSYNOVITIS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BITES, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAND; HUMANS; INFECTION; PENICILLINS;

EID: 0345060767     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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