Obturator internus muscle abscess mimicking septic arthritis of the hip [1]

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 608-609

  Breda, L ^a   Di Michele, S ^a   de Michele, G ^a   Tafuri, E ^a   Chiarelli, F ^a  

^a Ospedale Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HIP; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; ISCHIUM; JOINT EFFUSION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE ABSCESS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIP; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33746568932     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0104-2     Document Type: Letter

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