Septic arthritis due to bacteroides fragilis after pilonidal sinus resection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 632-634

  Borer, A ^a   Weber, G ^a   Riesenberg, K ^a   Schlaeffer, F ^a   Horowitz, J ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Pilonidal Sinus; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Septic Arthritis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN SURGERY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PILONIDAL SINUS;

EID: 0031401402     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02247808     Document Type: Article

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