Management of a child with suspected acute septic arthritis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-292

  Pääkkönen, Markus ^a,b   Peltola, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857237386     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300462     Document Type: Review

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