Management of severely infected wounds in the equine patient

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 225-236

  Orsini, James A ^a,b   Elce, Yvonne ^a   Kraus, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic beads; Antimicrobials; Infection; Regional perfusion; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLAVULANIC ACID; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; HORSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; VACCINATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 14644386871     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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