Case report: Subacute synovitis of the knee after a rose thorn injury: Unusual clinical picture

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3138-3142

  Duerinckx, Joris F H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; TEMOCILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FLOWER; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANTOEA; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; ROSE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANTOEA; PENICILLINS; PLANT LEAVES; ROSA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 58149308534     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0482-2     Document Type: Article

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