Discitis, Infectious Arthritis, and Bacterial Meningitis in a Patient with Pancreatic Diabetes

Internal Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 443-445

  Murao, Satoshi ^a,b   Hosokawa, Hitoshi ^a   Hosokawa, Yuka ^a   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a   Takahara, Jiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsuyama Shimin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batson's plexus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISKITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS RESECTION; SPLENECTOMY;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISCITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0031158456     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.443     Document Type: Article

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