Melioidotic osteomyelitis treated with antibiotic-calcium hydroxyapatite composite: Case report with four-year follow-up

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Ng, W M ^a   Kwan, Mun Keong ^b   Merican, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Bone filler; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MELIOIDOTIC OSTEOMYELITIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SPLEEN;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEFTAZIDIME; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DURAPATITE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 30544437210     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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