Septic until proven otherwise approach to and treatment of the septic joint in adult patients

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 374-375

  Visser, Shaun ^a   Tupper, Jennifer ^b  

^a THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Banff Mineral Springs Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 66749142989     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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