Kingella kingae infections in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-292

  Lebel, Ehud ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Karasik, Michael ^a   Itzchaki, Menachem ^a   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Infection; Kingella kingae; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KINGELLA KINGAE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33745069008     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200607000-00011     Document Type: Article

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