Empiric Antibiotics for Acute Infections of the Hand

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-128

  Tosti, Rick ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; QUINUPRISTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BITE; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN FLORA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 72449143237     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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