Type f Haemophilus influenzae cellulitis in the upper extremities of an immunocompetent adult

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-

  Zhang, Y ^a   Engelhart, Merete ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARM SWELLING; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY; CELLULITIS; ELBOW; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PENICILLINS;

EID: 63049137721     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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