Septic arthritis secondary to fusobacterium necrophorum in a 4-year-old girl: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 846-847

  Trapp, Christine M ^b   Tamai, Junichi ^c   Schleiss, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; Lemierre syndrome; Pediatric anaerobic infection; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN;

ARTHROTOMY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; PARENTERAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL;

EID: 24944557910     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000178295.48885.fa     Document Type: Article

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