Management of plantar puncture wounds in children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-216

  Chachad, Sairah ^a   Kamat, Deepak ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETANUS ANTIBODY; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOOT INJURY; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCTURE; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TETANUS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 4143064605     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300301     Document Type: Note

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