Chronic cutaneous ulcers secondary to Haemophilus ducreyi infection

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 348-350

  Peel, Trisha N ^a   Bhatti, Deepak ^a   De Boer, Jim C ^a   Stratov, Ivan ^b   Spelman, Denis W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG BITE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SKIN ULCER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; ULCER HEALING; ULCUS MOLLE; VANUATU;

EID: 77952337333     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03537.x     Document Type: Article

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