Prospective evaluation of a shortened regimen of treatment for acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-525

  Jagodzinski, Nikolas Alan ^a   Kanwar, Rajeev ^a   Graham, Kerr ^b   Bache, Christopher Edward ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Children; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINGELLA KINGAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BODY TEMPERATURE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650860219     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181ab472d     Document Type: Article

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