All purulence is local - epidemiology and management of skin and soft tissue infections in three urban emergency departments

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Merritt, Chris ^a   Haran, John P ^b   Mintzer, Jacob ^a   Stricker, Joseph ^a   Merchant, Roland C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890450524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-26     Document Type: Article

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