Autopsy-Based Assessment of Extent and Type of Osteomyelitis in Advanced-Grade Sacral Decubitus Ulcers: A Histopathologic Study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1599-1602

  Türk, Elizabeth E ^a,b   Tsokos, Michael ^a   Delling, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE BIOPSY; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SACRUM;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESSURE ULCER; SACRUM;

EID: 0345168069     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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