Clinical and laboratory features of Nigerian patients with osteomyelitis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 917-921

  Orimolade, E A ^a   Salawu, L ^a   Oginni, L M ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bone infection; Immune dysfunction; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NIGERIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; NIGERIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 38449083037     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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