Management of open fractures

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 915-929

  Zalavras, Charalampos G ^a   Patzakis, Michael J ^a   Holtom, Paul D ^a   Sherman, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAPIRIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GENTAMICIN BONE CEMENT; OPSITE; PENICILLIN G; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

AMPUTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; OPEN FRACTURE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27744578788     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2005.08.001     Document Type: Review

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