Risk factors for recurrent lower extremity cellulitis in a U.S. Veterans Medical Center population

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 332, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 304-307

  Lewis, Susanne Doblecki ^a   Peter, Garnet S ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Bisno, Alan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cellulitis; Risk factors; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOT CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEG; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULITIS; EDEMA; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33845730347     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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