Propionibacterium acnes and SAPHO syndrome: A case report and literature review

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-460

  Colina, Matteo ^a   Lo Monaco, Andrea ^a   Khodeir, Micheline ^b   Trotta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior chest wall involvement; Osteitic lesions; Propionibacterium aches; SAPHO syndrome

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SAPHO SYNDROME;

ACQUIRED HYPEROSTOSIS SYNDROME; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STERNUM;

EID: 34447619367     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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