Blastomycosis of bones and joints

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 570-578

  Oppenheimer, Mark ^b   Embil, John M ^a   Black, Brian ^b   Wiebe, Lyle ^b   Limerick, Bill ^b   MacDonald, Kerry ^b   Trepman, Elly ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Musculoskeletal; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BONE LESION; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT EFFUSION; LEG SWELLING; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; ONTARIO; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250744657     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3180487a92     Document Type: Article

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