Osteo-articular infections in Newborns: Diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 542-550

  Dessi A ^a   Crisafulli, M ^a   Accossu, S ^a   Setzu, V ^a   Fanos, Vassilios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Newborn; Osteoarticular infections; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; DICLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MEZLOCILLIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; TECHNETIUM 99M; TEICOPLANIN; TICARCILLIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; JOINT SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; METAPHYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 57049097149     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.5.542     Document Type: Review

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