Survey of antibiotic prescription use for inflamed epidermal inclusion cysts

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Poonawalla, Tasneem ^a   Uchida, Tatsuo ^a   Diven, Dayna G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SULFATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACITRACIN; CALCIUM ACETATE; COCODAMOL; HYDROCORTISONE; IBUPROFEN; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TRIAMCINOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG COST; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPURATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EPIDERMAL CYST; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; TEXAS;

EID: 35748941279     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2006.00022     Document Type: Article

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