Oral Versus Parenteral Antibiotics for Osteoarticular Infections: You PICC
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Oral Versus Parenteral Antibiotics for Osteoarticular Infections: You PICC.
A previously healthy 8-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with right hip pain and inability to bear weight on the right lower extremity. She had been afebrile at home, although was receiving ibuprofen for pain. Inflammatory markers were elevated, including a C-reactive protein (CRP) of 76.4 mg/L and an erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 40 mm per hour. A radiograph of the pelvis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hospital Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2154-1663,2154-1671
DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2015-0245