Pyomyositis of the thigh due to Prevotella melaninogenica

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-50

  Odeh, M ^a,b   Oliven, A ^b   Potasman, I ^b   Solomon, H ^b   Srugo, I ^b  

^a Israel Institute of Technology ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteroidaceae; Prevotella melaninogenica; Pyomyositis; Thigh

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PYOMYOSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THIGH;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MYOSITIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; THIGH;

EID: 0033950190     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050012     Document Type: Article

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