Musculoskeletal Infections in Children: Basic Treatment Principles and Recent Advancements

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 850-863

  McCarthy, James J ^a   Dormans, John P ^b   Kozin, Scott H ^a   Pizzutillo, Peter D ^c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BITE WOUND; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISKITIS; DRUG CHOICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HAND INFECTION; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1842473798     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200404000-00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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