Community-acquired infection due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: A rare cause of septic arthritis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-90

  Aydemir, Cumhur ^a   Aktaş, Elif ^a   Eldeş, Nilüfer ^a   Kutsal, Ebru ^a   Demirel, Fatma ^a   Ege, Ahmet ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Septic arthritis; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE INJURY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SWELLING; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 41949110297     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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