Open AccessSignificance of Negative Cultures in the Treatment of Acute Hematogenous Bone and Joint Infections in Children
Author(s) -
M Pääkkönen,
Markku Kallio,
Pauliina Kallio,
Heikki Peltola
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis108
Subject(s) - medicine , synovial fluid , blood culture , joint infections , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology , osteoarthritis , antibiotics , arthroplasty , alternative medicine , periprosthetic , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Synovial fluid and blood cultures often remain negative in acute bone and joint infections of childhood even when characteristic symptoms, signs, and/or radiologic proof are present.
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