Erratum: Costs and consequences associated with misdiagnosed lower extremity cellulitis (JAMA Dermatology (2016) DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3816);Costs and consequences associated with misdiagnosed lower extremity cellulitis

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 141-146

  Weng, Qing Yu ^a   Raff, Adam B ^a   Cohen, Jeffrey M ^b   Gunasekera, Nicole ^b   Okhovat, Jean Phillip ^b   Vedak, Priyanka ^a   Joyce, Cara ^c   Kroshinsky, Daniela ^a   Mostaghimi, Arash ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LEG INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014706635     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.5347     Document Type: Erratum

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