Septic Arthritis Caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum in an Elbow Joint Prosthesis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Kumar, Ritu ^a,b   Stephens, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; ELBOW; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; ELBOW JOINT; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 1642457406     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000054693.32348.08     Document Type: Article

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