Treatment of coccidioidal spinal infection: Experience in 16 cases

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Herron, Larry D ^a,b   Kissel, Phillip ^a   Smilovitz, Donald ^a  

^a Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b Central Coast Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidal spinal infection; Coccidioides immitis spondylitis; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISCITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRISONERS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RIBS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030981197     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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