Prospective study of wound infections in dermatologic surgery in the absence of prophylactic antibiotics

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-827

  Dixon, Anthony J ^a,d   Dixon, Mary P ^b   Askew, Deborah A ^c   Wilkinson, David ^c  

^a Skin Alert Skin Cancer Clinics   (Australia)

^b Victoria   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CURETTAGE; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN FLAP; SKIN SURGERY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33744900617     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32167.x     Document Type: Article

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