Septic arthritis and bilateral endogenous endophthalmitis associated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 476-477

  Siddiqui, Mumtaz A ^a   Lester, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0030118371     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06432.x     Document Type: Letter

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