Topical and oral antibiotics in wound care

Cutis

Volumn 82, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 18-20

  Hirschmann, Jan V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 51149088566     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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