Negative pressure wound therapy: Treating a venomous insect bite

International Wound Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Miller, Michael S ^a   Ortegon, Marta ^a   McDaniel, Cheryl ^a  

^a Wound Healing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative pressure wound therapy; NPWT; Spider bite

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLLAGENASE; GENTAMICIN; GLATIRAMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER BITE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 34147190298     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2006.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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