Colonization of venous leg ulcers by microorganisms

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-107

  Tomljanović Veselski, Mirna ^a   Žilih Ostojić, Cecilija ^a   Topolovac, Zdenka ^a   Dešić Brkić, Agneza ^a   Dokuzović, Gorana ^a  

^a DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colonization, microorganism; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 22444446461     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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