Streptococcus gallolyticus prosthetic joint infection associated with undiagnosed colonic malignancy

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1069-1070

  Liddle, Alexander D ^a   Abram, Simon ^a   Iyer, Shabnam ^a   Andrade, Antonio J M D ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Carcinoma; Prosthetic joint infection; Streptococcus gallolyticus

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON TUMOR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84861339191     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1646-2     Document Type: Article

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