Intramedullary tuberculous abscess: A case report

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 766-769

  Hanci, Murat ^a,b   Sariog̃lu, Ali Ç ^a   Uzan, Mustafa ^a   Işlak, Civan ^a   Kaynar, Mehmet Y ^a   Öz, Büge ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

abscess; spinal cord; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ABSCESS; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029932082     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603150-00023     Document Type: Article

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