Negative pressure dressing in the management of pyoderma gangrenosum ulcer

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1249-1251

  Ghersi, Marcelo M ^a   Ricotti, Carlos ^b   Nousari, Carlos H ^b   Newman, Martin I ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN BIOPSY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULITIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 35348983409     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.10.1249     Document Type: Article

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