Infection of a knee prosthesis with Tsukamurella species

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 831-832

  Larkin, Julie A ^a,b   Lit, Louis ^a   Sinnott, John ^a   Wills, Todd ^a   Szentivanyi, Andor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Tampa General Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 0032838195     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199908000-00019     Document Type: Article

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