Prospective study of severity assessment and management of acute medical admissions with skin and soft tissue infection

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1016-1019

  Marwick, Charis ^a   Rae, Nikolas ^b   Irvine, Nicola ^b   Davey, Peter ^a  

^a Quality Safety and Informatics Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic policy; Sepsis; Time to first antibiotic dose

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STANDARDIZED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84858658052     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr554     Document Type: Article

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