Risk factors for acute cellulitis of the lower limb: A prospective case-control study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1416-1422

  Björndóttir, Sigrídur ^a   Gottfredsson, Magnús ^a,b   Thórisdóttir, Anna S ^a   Gunnarsson, Gunnar B ^a   Ríkardsdóttir, Hugrún ^a   Kristjánsson, Már ^a   Hilmarsdóttir, Ingibjörg ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRY SKIN; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; EROSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERTRIGO; LEG DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

AGED; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOSES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 27644552234     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497127     Document Type: Article

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