Staphylococcal pyomyositis in a termperate region: Epidemiology and modern management

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 323-325

  Block, Andrew A ^a   Marshall, Catherine ^b   Ratcliffe, Alison ^c   Athan, Eugene ^d  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; DICLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYOMYOSITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYOMYOSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 53549085413     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02050.x     Document Type: Article

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