Recovery of anaerobic bacteria from wounds after lawn-mower injuries

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-110

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria Peptostreptococcus spp; Clostridium spp; Lawn mower; Wound

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS MAGNUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM BIFERMENTANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 13844265945     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000159056.57306.47     Document Type: Article

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