Pyogenic, tuberculous, and brucellar vertebral osteomyelitis: A descriptive and comparative study of 219 cases

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 709-715

  Colmenero, J D ^a   Jimenez Mejias M E ^b   Sanchez Lora F J ^a   Reguera, J M ^a   Palomino Nicas J ^b   Martos, F ^a   Garcia De Las Heras J ^b   Pachon J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0031424309     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.12.709     Document Type: Article

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