Periprosthetic Knee Joint Infection Following Colonoscopy: A Case Report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2434-2436

  Cornelius, Lisa K ^a   Reddix, Robert N ^a   Carpenter, John L ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION;

EID: 0345491894     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200312000-00024     Document Type: Article

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