Penicillin - Intermediate-resistant pneumococcal spondylodiscitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 137-139

  Arranz Caso, J A ^a   Sole N ^a   Sanchez Atrio, A ^a   Gomez Herruz, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; DISCITIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030295196     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00203-9     Document Type: Article

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