Late prosthetic hip joint infection with Actinomyces israelii in an intravenous drug user: Case report and literature review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4391-4392

  Zaman, Rana ^a   Abbas, Mujahed ^a   Burd, Eileen ^a  

^a Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SYMPTOM; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII;

EID: 0036841562     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4391-4392.2002     Document Type: Article

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