29804

Author

Rogers, Juliet; Waldron, Tony

Author Affiliation

Bristol Royal Infirmary. Palaeopathology Study Group. Rheumatology Unit University College London. Institute of Archaeology

Title Of Article Chaper

Infections in palaeopathology: the basis of classification according to most probable cause

Title Of Journal Book

Journal of archaeological science

Volume

16

Issue

6

Pages

611-625

Collation

9 figs., 1 table

Reference Bibliography

bibliog.

ISSN

0305-4403

Language Of Text

English

Language Of Summary

English

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

A scheme is presented for the classification of bacterial bone infections according to their most probable cause. The success of the system requires that particular attention be given to the pattern of pathological changes observed in a complete skeleton.

pub_id

29804