Bacterial arthritis due to beta-hemolytic Streptococci of serogroups A, B, C, F, and G: Analysis of 23 cases and a review of the literature

Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 122-139

  Schattner, Ami ^a,b   Vosti, Kenneth L ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; PROBENECID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031979401     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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