Oerskovia xanthineolytica infection of a prosthetic joint: Case report and review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1821-1824

  Harrington, Robert D ^a,c   Lewis, Courtland G ^a   Aslanzadeh, Jaber ^a   Stelmach, Paulette ^a   Woolfrey, Ann E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; NOCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION;

EID: 0029973070     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1821-1824.1996     Document Type: Article

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