Use of serum antistreptolysin O titers in the microbial diagnosis of orthopedic infections

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-424

  Uçkay, Ilker ^a   Ferry, Tristan ^a   Stern, Richard ^a   Ambrosioni, Juan ^a   Gamulin, Axel ^a   Andrey, Diego ^a   Djordjevic, Marina ^a   Bernard, Louis ^a   Hoffmeyer, Pierre ^a   Lew, Daniel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antistreptolysin O; Infection; Orthopedic; Streptococci; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HALLUX; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYOSITIS; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEGMON; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SHOULDER ARTHRITIS; SKIN ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOLYSIN TITER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849315003     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.10.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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