Incidence of lower-extremity cellulitis: A population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 817-821

  McNamara, David R ^a,c   Tleyjeh, Imad M ^a,b   Berbari, Elie F ^a   Lahr, Brian D ^a   Martinez, Jeffrey W ^a   Mirzoyev, Sultan A ^a   Baddour, Larry M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MeritCare Health System ^*

^c Meritcare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY CELLULITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347333298     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/82.7.817     Document Type: Article

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