Arthritis following stomatitis in a sixteen-month-old child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-574+576

  Yagupsky, Pablo ^a   Press, Joseph ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Kingella kingae; Septic arthritis; Stomatitis

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; STOMATITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; KNEE JOINT; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038539689     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200306000-00021     Document Type: Article

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