Primary meningococcal arthritis in a child: Case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 396-399

  Bilavsky, Efraim ^a,b   Yarden Bilavsky, Havatzelet ^a,b   Zevit, Noam ^a,b   Amir, Jacob ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CEFUROXIME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744799196     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500388784     Document Type: Review

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