Diagnosis and treatment of impetigo

American Family Physician

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Cole, Charles ^a   Gazewood, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; DICLOXACILLIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MACROLIDE; NEBACETIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COST; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; NAUSEA; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMPETIGO;

EID: 33947258351     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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