Chronic Brucella infection of the humerus diagnosed after a spontaneous fracture

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-231

  Luc, Mathieu ^a   Armingeat, Thomas ^a   Pham, Thao ^a   Legré, Virginie ^a   Lafforgue, Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Chronic osteomyelitis; Humerus

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC BRUCELLA OSTEOMYELITIS; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCLEROSIS; SWELLING;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 40949119820     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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