Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis of the first cervical vertebra in an immunocompetent adolescent

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-336

  Lindquist, Scott W ^a,b   Steinmetz, Barry A ^a   Starke, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PHILIPPINES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0030933060     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199703000-00020     Document Type: Article

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