Vertebral osteomyelitis at a Norwegian university hospital 1987-97: Clinical features, laboratory findings and outcome

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Chelsom, Julia ^a   Solberg, Claus O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031816650     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655498750003537     Document Type: Article

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