Evaluation of microbiological spectrum and risk factors of cellulitis in hospitalized patients

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-224

  Serdar, Zehra Aşiran ^a   Akçay, Seniha Şenbayrak ^a   Inan, Asuman ^a   Daǧli, Özgür ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; hospitalized patients; microbiological spectrum; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULITIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TURKEY; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80051510235     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.554482     Document Type: Review

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