Antibiotic treatment for acute haematogenous osteomyelitis of childhood: Moving towards shorter courses and oral administration

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 273-280

  Paakkonen M ^a,b   Peltola, H ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child; Clindamycin; First generation cephalosporin; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LINCOSAMIDE; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE INFECTION; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KINGELLA KINGAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052268946     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.04.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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