Practice patterns and management strategies for purulent skin and soft-tissue infections in an urban academic ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 302-310

  May, Larissa ^a   Harter, Katherine ^a   Yadav, Kabir ^a   Strauss, Ryan ^a   Abualenain, Jameel ^a   Keim, Amy ^a   Schmitz, Gillian ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARONYCHIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DRAINAGE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84856525001     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.11.033     Document Type: Article

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