Successful treatment of mycobacterium terrae complex infection of the knee

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 359-362

  Lembo, Giancarlo ^a   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,b   Troum, Orin ^c   Mandelbaum, Bert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Santa Monica Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

infectious arthritis; Mycobacterium terrae complex; tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROSCOPY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867825155     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31826d1e11     Document Type: Article

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