Septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-294

  Smida, Mahmoud ^a,b   Lejri, Mejed ^a,b   Kandara, Hajer ^a,b   Sayed, Meriem ^a,b   Ben Chehida, Ferid ^a,b   Ben Ghachem, Maher ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Dept of Paediatric Orthopaedics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 3042799701     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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