Man's best friend? - First report of prosthetic joint infection with Streptococcus pyogenes from a canine source

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-627

  Sprot, H ^a   Efstratiou, A ^b   Hubble, M ^c   Morgan, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG DISEASE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GRAM STAINING; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYNOVECTOMY;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84860622617     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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