The management of musculoskeletal infection in HIV carriers

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-360

  Bahebeck, Jean ^a,e   Bedimo, Roger ^a,b   Eyenga, Victor ^a,c   Kouamfack, Charles ^a,b   Kingue, Thompson ^a,b   Nierenet, Marcel ^a,d   Sosso, Maurice ^a,c  

^a University Hospitals of Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c General Hospital of Yaoundé   (Cameroon)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e Centre Pasteur ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; EFAVIRENZ; INDINAVIR; LAMIVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SEOCNIN; STAVUDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CARRIER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 4544377424     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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