Pneumococcal infection of a prosthetic knee joint

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Joshi, Prajwol ^a,b   Shrestha, Dhana ^a,b  

^a Bay Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Infection, joint; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036855524     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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