Open fractures of the tibia in HIV positive patients: A prospective controlled single-blind study

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 852-856

  Harrison, W J ^a   Lewis, C P ^a   Lavy, C B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

HIV; Infection; Open fracture; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043135102     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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