Septic arthritis caused by granulicatella adiacens: Diagnosis by inoculation of synovial fluid into blood culture

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 255-257

  Hepburn, Matthew J ^a   Fraser, Susan L ^a   Rennie, Thomas A ^a   Singleton, Charles M ^a   Delgado Jr , Bernardo ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia; Granulicatella; Granulicatella adiacens; Knee; Nutritionally deficient streptococcus; Nutritionally variant streptococcus; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HUMAN; INOCULATION; KNEE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEFAZOLIN; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242526040     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0305-4     Document Type: Article

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