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ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2018

Diagnosis and management of cellulitis.

Tadhg Sullivan, Eoghan de Barra

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tadhg SullivanImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
Eoghan de BarraBeaumont Hospital, Dublin Eoghan.debarra@imperial.nhs.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulitis is a frequently encountered condition, but remains a challenging clinical entity. Under and overtreatment with antimicrobials frequently occurs and mimics cloud the diagnosis. Typical presentation, microbiology and management approaches are discussed.

Indexed as

CellulitisAntibiotic ProphylaxisAnti-Infective AgentsDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansRisk FactorsAnti-Infective AgentsantibioticscellulitisinfectionOPAT

Identifiers

PMID29626022
PMCPMC6303460

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