Suppurative coxitis following a rhinoceros viper bite - Case report;Gnojni koksitis nakon ujeda poskoka - Prikaz bolesnice

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-313

  Erceg, Marinko ^b,c   Lukšić, Boris ^a,d   Bradarić, Nikola ^a,d  

^a Odjel za Ortopediju   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c Odjel Ortoped Klin Bolnice Split   (Croatia)

^d Department of Orthopedics ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

Snake bites; Suppurative (septic) coxitis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; SNAKE BITES; SUPPURATION; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0242291981     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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