Skin and soft tissue infections in patients with solid tumours

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kofteridis, Diamantis P ^a   Valachis, Antonios ^a   Koutsounaki, Eirini ^a   Maraki, Sofia ^a   Mavrogeni, Eleni ^a   Economidou, Foteini N ^a   Dimopoulou, Dimitra ^a   Kalbakis, Kostas ^a   Georgoulias, Vassilis ^a   Samonis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST CANCER; CELLULITIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOLID TUMOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SKIN DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SKIN DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858114909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/804518     Document Type: Article

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