The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the bout of treatment for tissue infections

Journal of Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 330-333

  Sugihara, Atsushi ^a   Watanabe, Hironobu ^b   Oohashi, Motoki ^c   Kato, Naoki ^a   Murakami, Hideaki ^a   Tsukazaki, Satoshi ^a   Fujikawa, Kyosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Sasebo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Ominato Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

HBO; Infection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTIAM; FLOMOXEF; PIPERACILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942505887     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.01.019     Document Type: Article

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