Antibiotic prescribing for chronic skin wounds in primary care

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Howell Jones, Rebecca S ^a   Price, Patricia E ^a,b   Howard, Anthony J ^c   Thomas, David W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Wound Healing Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC WOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 33747622072     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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