Mycobacterium goodii infection of a total knee prosthesis

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 522-525

  Tompkins, Jason C ^a,b   Harrison, Mark S ^c   Witzig, Richard S ^d  

^a Southwestern Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c Lakeland Regional Health System   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection control; Mycobacterium goodii; Prosthesis related infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NAFCILLIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GOODII; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 69249182610     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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