Arthritis of shoulder and spinal cord compression due to brucella disc infection

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-381

  Ibero, I ^b   Vela, P ^b   Pascual, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Disc infection; Epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BRUCELLOSIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RIFAMPIN; SHOULDER JOINT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0030838994     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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