Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses: The Case for Culturing Abscess Fluid

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-66

  Heilpern, Katherine L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; WOUND;

EID: 34250213625     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.024     Document Type: Note

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