Skin and soft tissue infection management, outcomes, and follow-up in the emergency department of an urban academic hospital

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 348-359

  Seeleang, Kanokwan ^a,b   Manning, Mary Lou ^b   Saks, Mark ^c,d   Winstead, Yvette ^b,e  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Aria Health Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cellulitis; Community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Emergency department; Skin and soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELLULITIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELLULITIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84914182181     PISSN: 19314485     EISSN: 19314493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000039     Document Type: Article

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