A comparison of early versus late conversion from intravenous to oral therapy in the treatment of septic arthritis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-642

  Ballock, Robert Tracy ^a   Newton, Peter O ^b,c   Evans, Sean J ^c   Estabrook, Michelle ^d   Farnsworth, Christine L ^b   Bradley, John S ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANKLE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXITIS; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ELBOW; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT INJURY; KINGELLA KINGAE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVOR; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69749091509     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b2b860     Document Type: Article

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