Haematogenous pyogenic bone and joint sepsis - Reducing avoidable morbidity

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Nunn, T ^a   Rollinson, P ^a  

^a Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; BONE INJURY; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH PLATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HEMATOGENOUS PYOGENIC BONE SEPSIS; HEMATOGENOUS PYOGENIC JOINT SEPSIS; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT INJURY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SOCIAL STATUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34447095525     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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