Recurrent group B streptococcal arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 387-389

  Schattner, A ^a,b   Vosti, K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bacterial arthritis; Carcinoma; Cervix; Group B; Recurrent streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031760028     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01450897     Document Type: Article

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