Propionibacterium acnes infection of the elbow

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Jones, Morgan ^a   Kishore, Mamidi K ^a   Redfern, Daniel ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BUPIVACAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABRASION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY POSTURE; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; ELBOW INFECTION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT DESTRUCTION; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANGE OF MOTION; STEROID THERAPY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TENNIS ELBOW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROPLASTY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELBOW JOINT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 79958819388     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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