Prophylactic antibiotics for the prevention of cellulitis
Background: Cellulitis of the lower leg accounts for 2-3% of hospital admissions (Cox et al, 1998), with an average length of in-patient stay of nine days. Studies have reported that up to half of these patients suffer further episodes (Cox et al, 1998; Dupuy et al, 1999). Reducing the recurrence of...
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Wounds UK
2007
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/490/ |