Management of skin and soft-tissue infection - Polling results

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Hammond, Sarah P ^a   Baden, Lindsey R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 53749088910     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMclde0806337     Document Type: Article

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