Inappropriate antibiotic use in soft tissue infections

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 850-854

  Paydar, Keyianoosh Z ^a   Hansen, Scott L ^a   Charlebois, Edwin D ^a   Harris, Hobart W ^a   Young, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748786778     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.9.850     Document Type: Article

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