A Passage to Injury

Dursun et al discuss diagnosing and treating a teen with redness and pain in the anterior of his lower right leg for 8 weeks. For staphylococcal infection, a penicillinase-resistant semisynthetic penicillin is the drug of choice.

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Published inThe American journal of medicine Vol. 119; no. 6; pp. 491 - 493
Main Authors Dursun, Memduh, Yilmaz, Sabri, Yekeler, Ensar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.06.2006
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Adolescent
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
General aspects
Humans
Infections
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical sciences
Nafcillin - administration & dosage
Osteomyelitis - diagnosis
Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging
Osteomyelitis - drug therapy
Osteomyelitis - microbiology
Osteomyelitis - pathology
Pain management
Radiography
Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - pathology
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Tibia - diagnostic imaging
Tibia - microbiology
Tibia - pathology
Medicine
Passage
Lesion
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Summary:Dursun et al discuss diagnosing and treating a teen with redness and pain in the anterior of his lower right leg for 8 weeks. For staphylococcal infection, a penicillinase-resistant semisynthetic penicillin is the drug of choice.
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ISSN:0002-9343
1555-7162
DOI:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.04.008