Lack of microbiological concordance between bone and non-bone specimens in chronic osteomyelitis: An observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Zuluaga, Andrés F ^a   Galvis, Wilson ^a   Jaimes, Fabián ^a   Vesga, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2942625694     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-2-8     Document Type: Article

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