Aspergillus spondylodiscitis in an immunocompetent paraplegic patient

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 800-803

  Schubert, M ^a   Schar G ^b   Curt, A ^c   Dietz, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immunocompetence; Invasive aspergillosis; Paraplegia; Polytrauma; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 0031736729     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100645     Document Type: Article

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