Two decades of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children: Are there any changes?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 356-359

  Malcius, D ^a   Trumpulyte, G ^a   Barauskas, V ^a   Kilda, A ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Hematogenous osteomyelitis; Incidence; Periosteal abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LITHUANIA; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 18744406705     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1432-7     Document Type: Article

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