Propionibacterium acnes postoperative shoulder arthritis: An emerging clinical entity

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1884-1886

  Levy, Pierre Yves ^a,d   Fenollar, Florence ^a   Stein, Andreas ^b   Borrione, Frederic ^d   Cohen, Emile ^c   Lebail, Bernhard ^d   Raoult, Didier ^a,e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Hôpital Universitaire Conception   (France)

^c Hospital Ambroise Pare   (France)

^d Clinique la Casamance   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHOULDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 46249085988     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588477     Document Type: Article

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