Reactive arthritis by staphylococcus epidermidis: Report of an ]

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-61

  Giordano, N ^a   Senesi, M ^a   Battisti, E ^a   Palumbo, F ^a   Mondillo, S ^a   Bargagli, G ^a   Palazzuoli, V ^a   Nardi, P ^a   Gennari, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical Sacroiliitis; HLA B27 Positivity; Keratoderma; Reactive Arthritis; Restrictive Cardiomyopathy; Staphylococcus Epidermidis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KERATODERMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030020758     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02231687     Document Type: Article

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