Bone and joint infections in injection drug users

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 681-695

  Kak, Vivek ^a   Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi H ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROPATHY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVIEW; SACROILIITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036736628     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(02)00016-8     Document Type: Review

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