Nocardia asteroides septic arthritis in a healthy child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-310

  Dinulos, James G ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Wilson, Christopher B ^a   Krengel III, Walter F ^a   Burns, Jane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nocardia; Rooster attack; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKEN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND; WOUND DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033029883     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199903000-00026     Document Type: Article

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