Isolated knee joint infection with Neisseria meningitidis

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-539

  Bonsell, Shawn ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0036590571     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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