A case of femoral osteomyelitis caused by Lactococcus;Lactococcus okozta femurosteomyelitis

Orvosi Hetilap

Volumn 146, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 613-618

  Kiss, János ^a,d   Zahár, Ákos ^a   Nyíri, Péter ^b   Prinz, Gyula ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c Szent László Secondary School   (Hungary)

^d NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Endocarditis; Osteomyelitis; Streptococcus lactis (Lactococcus)

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LACTOCOCCUS; LUNG ABSCESS; OSTEOMYELITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE NAILS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19044363797     PISSN: 00306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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