A randomized controlled trial of incision and drainage versus ultrasonographically guided needle aspiration for skin abscesses and the effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 483-491

  Gaspari, Romolo J ^a,c   Resop, Dana ^a   Mendoza, Michelle ^a   Kang, Tarina ^b   Blehar, David ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN PAIN; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRUNK;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79955471263     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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