Prosthetic joint infection due to "Helcococcus pyogenica"

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2872-2874

  Panacka, Anil A ^a   Houze, Yolanda B ^a   Prentice, Jennifer ^a   Leopold, Seth S ^a   Cookson, Brad T ^a   Liles, W Conrad ^a   Limaye, Ajit P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HELCOCOCCUS PYOGENICA; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RASH;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELCOCOCCUS; HELCOCOCCUS PYOGENICA;

EID: 2942565999     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2872-2874.2004     Document Type: Article

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