Osteomyelitis of the lower cervical spine caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 170-172

  Severien, Carlos ^a   Nowak, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Cervica spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ABSCESS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 0031906832     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199802000-00022     Document Type: Article

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