Bacterial flora of leg ulcers in patients admitted to Department of Dermatology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, during the 1998-2002 period

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-172

  Zmudzińska, Maria ^a   Czarnecka Operacz, Magdalena ^a   Silny, Wojciech ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Leg ulcers; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; SYNDROME;

EID: 27744456085     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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