Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 759-772

  Lopez, Fred A ^a   Lartchenko, Serge ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURSITIS; CARBUNCLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYSIPELAS; FOLLICULITIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PYOMYOSITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33751008065     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2006.09.006     Document Type: Review

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