The clinical profile of childhood osteomyelitis: A Saudi experience

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Al Zamil, Fahad A ^a   Al Saadi, Muslim M ^a   Bokhary, Nada A ^b   Al Shamsa, Laila ^b   Al Alola, Sulaiman ^b   Al Eissa, Yousef ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute osteomyelitis; Children; MRI; S. aureus; Skeletal scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 58149335344     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1556996     Document Type: Article

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