Leuconostoc osteomyelitis

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-81

  Zaoui, Afif ^a   Brousse, Christine ^a   Bletry, Olivier ^a   Augouard, Luc Watin ^a   Boisaubert, Bernard ^a  

^a FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Leuconostoc; Lymphedema; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; PRISTINAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUCONOSTOC; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; TIBIA;

EID: 12844257664     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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