Bone and joint infections in children

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-497

  Spencer, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE INFECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYME DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BONE DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFECTION; JOINT DISEASES;

EID: 0031669698     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199809000-00016     Document Type: Short Survey

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