Post-traumatic bone and/or joint limb infections due to Clostridium spp.

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-705

  Ibnoulkhatib, A ^a   Lacroix, J ^b   Moine, A ^c   Archambaud, M ^b   Bonnet, E ^c,d   Laffosse, J M ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b Toulouse Teachning Hospital Center   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d Joseph Ducuing Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Bone infection; Clostridium; Spores; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LIMB FRACTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURIES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867050335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.03.019     Document Type: Article

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