Vertebral osteomyelitis: Nontypeable β-lactamase-negative Haemophilus influenzae in an adult: Case report

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 205-208

  Personius, Christine D ^a   Camp, Carol J ^a  

^a Robert Packer Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; LOMEFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; QUINOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030807355     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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