Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens septic arthritis following puncture with a coxspur hawthorn thorn

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2759-2760

  Francis, Michelle J ^a   Doherty, Richard R ^a,b   Patel, Minoo ^a   Hamblin, John F ^a   Ojaimi, Samar ^a   Korman, Tony M ^a,b  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; TIMENTIN;

ANALGESIA; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COXSPUR HAWTHORN; CRATAEGUS; CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWELLING; SYNOVITIS; SYNOVIUM; THORN;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CRATAEGUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

CRATAEGUS; CURTOBACTERIUM; CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS;

EID: 79959821878     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00340-11     Document Type: Article

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