Diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1027-1033

  Hatzenbuehler, John ^a   Pulling, Thomas J ^a  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CHRONIC WOUND; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENCE RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 80355139474     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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