Osteoarticular infection by Kingella kingae: Two case reports;Infeccion osteoarticular por Kingella kingae: A proposito de 2 casos

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 491-494

  Pons Odena, Martí ^a,b   Gonzalez Pascual E ^a   Ros Viladoms, J ^a   Gene Giralt A ^a   May Llanas, E ^a   Huguet Carol, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b U Integrada Pediat Hosp Clin S   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; KNEE; SPAIN; TIBIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AMOXICILLIN; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENICILLINS; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345211615     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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