Microbiology and management of joint and bone infections due to anaerobic bacteria

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-169

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; GALLIUM 67; IMIPENEM; INDIUM 111; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TIGECYCLINE; TIMENTIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROCENTESIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BITE; BONE INFECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOT DISEASE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHARYNGITIS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; REVIEW; SKULL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 41849126400     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-007-1207-1     Document Type: Review

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