Risks and complications of prolonged parenteral antibiotic treatment in children with acute osteoarticular infections

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 400-404

  Ceroni, Dimitri ^a   Regusci, Matteo ^a   Pazos, José Manuel ^a   Saunders, Catherine Tamsin ^a   Kaelin, André ^a  

^a Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0242642236     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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