Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis from infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei: A 20-year prospective melioidosis study from northern Australia

Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-91

  Morse, Levi P ^a   Smith, Jonathan ^a   Mehta, Janak ^a   Ward, Linda ^b   Cheng, Allen C ^b   Currie, Bart J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Infection; Melioidosis; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIGENT; INFANT; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE PAIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUTROPHILIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84887337113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0972978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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