Pyoderma gangrenosum following trauma of the knee: A case of pathergy and review of orthopaedic cases

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-423

  Steenbrugge, Franky ^a,b   Raaijmaakers, Martijn ^a,b   Caekebeke, Pieter ^a,b   Van Landuyt, Koenraad ^b  

^a ASZ Aalst ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Knee; Noninfectious; Pathergy; Prednisolone; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Surgery; Trauma; Ulcers

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LEG ULCER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SEPSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952451095     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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