Staphylococcus aureus reactivation osteomyelitis after 75 years

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-482

  Libraty, Daniel H ^a   Patkar, Chinmay ^a   Torres, Brenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84856569016     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1111493     Document Type: Letter

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