Infection of a total hip arthroplasty with actinomyces israelii: Report of a case

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 247-248

  Wu, Feiran ^a   Marriage, Nicholas A ^a   Ismaeel, Adil ^a   Masterson, Eric ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Diabetes mellitus; Late infection; Total hip arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HIP PAIN; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REOPERATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 79955672231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3247     Document Type: Article

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