Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 333-335

  Hocqueloux, Laurent ^a   Poisson, Didier Marc ^b   Sunder, Simon ^a   Guilbert, Sébastien ^b   Prazuck, Thierry ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER RÉGIONAL D ORLÉANS   (France)

^b La Source Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LACTOBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SWINE;

ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 73949110684     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01683-09     Document Type: Article

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