First report of chronic implant-related septic arthritis and osteomyelitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri and a review of human K. schroeteri infections

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 567-573

  Chan, J F W ^a   Wong, S S Y ^a,b,c   Leung, S S M ^a   Fan, R Y Y ^a   Ngan, A H Y ^a   To, K K W ^a,b,c   Lau, S K P ^a,b,c   Yuen, K Y ^a,b,c   Woo, P C Y ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Implant; Infection; Kytococcus schroeteri; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CATALASE; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KYTOCOCCUS SCHROETERI; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUS; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER PAIN;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867745661     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0250-9     Document Type: Article

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