Group C Streptococcal Infection in a Prosthetic Joint

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 7-12, 2000, Pages 1217-1220

  Kleshinski, James ^a   Georgiadis, Gregory M ^a   Duggan, Joan M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0042730529     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200012000-00016     Document Type: Article

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