Spondylodiscitis caused by Tropheryma whippelii

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 35, 1996, Pages 1495-1499

  Altwegg, M ^a   Fleisch Marx, A ^b   Goldenberger, D ^a   Hailemariam, S ^a   Schaffner, A ^a   Kissling, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHERYMA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; DISCITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 0029835003     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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