Gardnerella vaginalis acute hip arthritis in a renal transplant recipient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 264-265

  Sivadon Tardy, Valérie ^a,c,d   Roux, Anne Laure ^a,c   Piriou, Philippe ^b   Herrmann, Jean Louis ^a,c   Gaillard, Jean Louis ^a,c   Rottman, Martin ^a,c  

^a Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (France)

^b Service de Chirurgie Orthopedique   (France)

^c RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PAIN; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP SCINTISCANNING; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JOINT ASPIRATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION;

GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS;

EID: 58849088130     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01854-08     Document Type: Article

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