Mycobacterium malmoense infection of the knee

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1047-1048

  Callaghan, R ^a   Allen, M ^a  

^a WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYOSITIS; POPLITEAL CYST; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 0142218792     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.11.1047     Document Type: Article

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