Improving diagnostic criteria for Propionibacterium acnes osteomyelitis: A retrospective analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 421-425

  Asseray, Nathalie ^a   Papin, Christophe ^a   Touchais, Sophie ^b   Bemer, Pascale ^b   Lambert, Chantal ^b   Boutoille, David ^a,b,c   Tequi, Brigitte ^b   Gouin, François ^b   Raffi, François ^c   Passuti, Norbert ^b   Potel, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Service ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953280054     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903527330     Document Type: Article

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