Woman with a hand ulcer

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-222

  Stromberg, Paul E ^a   Montgomery, Jennifer Y ^b   Evans, Timothy C ^b   Wills, Brandon K ^a  

^a VCU Medical Center   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioids; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MEROPENEM; PENTAZOCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIGRAINE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SKIN ULCER; WOUND FLUID;

AMPUTATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NECROSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OVERDOSE; PENTAZOCINE; SKIN ULCER; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857708029     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.660571     Document Type: Article

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