Vertebral blastomycosis with paravertebral abscess: Report of eight cases and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Saccente, Michael ^a   Abernathy, Robert S ^b   Pappas, Peter G ^b   Shah, Hemendra R ^b   Bradsher, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TUBERCULIN;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0031881586     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/clinids/26.2.413     Document Type: Article

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