Addition of corticosteroids to antibiotic treatment ameliorates the course of experimental Staphylococcus aureus arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1596-1605

  Sakiniene, Egidija ^a   Bremell, Tomas ^a   Tarkowski, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NITRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029810290     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390921     Document Type: Article

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