Skeletal tuberculosis following fracture fixation: A report of five cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1101-1106

  Kumar, Sudhir ^a   Agarwal, Anil ^a   Arora, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIA; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; ULNA FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33646464707     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00718     Document Type: Article

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