A child with Erysipelothrix arthritis-beware of the little known

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 503-504

  Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay ^a   Shah, Hitesh ^a   Vandana, K E ^a   Munim, Frenil ^a   Vijayan, Sandeep ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; HIP PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT IRRIGATION; LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HIP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 84858194628     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60085-9     Document Type: Article

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