Septic arthritis of the hip following cortisone injection: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-228

  Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   Nazarian, Levon A ^b   Narula, Samridhi ^c   Musto, Monica ^a   Ahn, Nicholas U ^a   Frassica, Frank J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip pain; Intraarticular injection; Septic arthritis; Septic joint; Steroid injection

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTISONE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHONDROLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0038121655     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00489-8     Document Type: Article

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