Pubic osteomyelitis due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a patient with diabetes mellitus

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 322-324

  Dourakis, Spyros P ^a   Alexopoulou, Alexandra ^a,c   Metallinos, George ^a   Thanos, Loukas ^b   Archimandritis, Athanasios J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pubic osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PUBIC OSTEOMYELITIS; REMISSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PUBIC BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745247203     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200606000-00006     Document Type: Article

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