Spider bites presenting with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus soft tissue infection require early aggressive treatment

Surgical Infections

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-315

  Fagan, Shawn P ^a   Berger, David H ^a   Rahwan, Khalil ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPIDER BITE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1042280923     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109629603322761364     Document Type: Article

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