Septic bone and joint infections

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Hedstrom, Sven Ake ^a  

^a HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

BACTEREMIA; BONE DISEASES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES;

EID: 0030861097     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199707000-00008     Document Type: Short Survey

References (11)

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