Listeria spinal cord abscess - Clinical and MRI findings

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-223

  Chu, Joseph Y ^a,c   Montanera, Walter ^b   Willinsky, Robert A ^b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Queensway General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ABSCESS;

EID: 0029780729     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100038555     Document Type: Article

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