Treatment for impetigo

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7468, 2004, Pages 695-696

  Koning, Sander ^a   Van Der Wouden, Johannes C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; FUSIDIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HYGIENE; IMPETIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHILD; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644248758     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7468.695     Document Type: Editorial

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