Streptococcus pneumoniae septic arthritis complicating hip osteonecrosis in adults: Case report and review of the literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 712-716

  Baraboutis, Ioannis G ^a   Papastamopoulos, Vasilios ^a   Skoutelis, Athanasios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Hip joint; Infectious arthritis; Osteonecrosis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HIP OSTEONECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OSTEONECROSIS; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 34447314998     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318070c98c     Document Type: Article

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