Methicillin-resistant ascending facial and orbital cellulitis in an operation Iraqi freedom troop population

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-399

  Boden, John H ^a   Ainbinder, Darryl J ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATOFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL CELLULITIS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOSE MUCOSA; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OFLOXACIN; ORBITAL CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULBACTAM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VANCOMYCIN; WAR;

EID: 34548841697     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181462067     Document Type: Article

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