Septic arthritis with no organism: a dilemma

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-343

  Dubost, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GROWTH INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROPATHY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KINGELLA KINGAE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 33745855547     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.11.011     Document Type: Editorial

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