Improving the management of skin and soft tissue infections in primary care: A report from State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP-USA) and the Distributed Ambulatory Research in Therapeutics Network (DARTNet)

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 534-542

  Parnes, Bennett ^a   Fernald, Douglas ^a   Coombs, Letoynia ^a   DeAlleaume, Lauren ^a,b   Brandt, Elias ^c   Webster, Brian ^d   Dickinson, L Miriam ^a   Pace, Wilson ^a,c   West, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^d Wilmington Health Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; Community acquired infections; Practice based research; Primary health care; Soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LINEZOLID; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE; BENCHMARKING; CELLULITIS; COLORADO; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052886630     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.05.110018     Document Type: Article

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