Primary sternal osteomyelitis caused by Actinomyces israelii [6]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-97

  Pinilla, I ^a   Martin Hervas C ^a   Gil Garay, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; STERNUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; STERNUM;

EID: 33644859049     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000197512.82441.41     Document Type: Letter

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