Pediatric surgical site and soft tissue infections

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Upperman, Jeffrey S ^a   Sheridan, Robert L ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Burn wound infection; Necrotizing fasciitis; Surgical site infection; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURN INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESSURE ULCER; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 19444363468     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000161584.26999.15     Document Type: Review

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