Obturator internus muscle abscess in children: Report of seven cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Viani, Rolando M ^b   Bromberg, Kenneth ^b   Bradley, John S ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MYOSITIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033052029     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515080     Document Type: Article

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