Septic arthritis of the knee: The use and effect of antibiotics prior to diagnostic aspiration

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 351-355

  Hindle, P ^a   Davidson, E ^a   Biant, L C ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aspiration; Knee; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864491528     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221591015     Document Type: Article

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