High Rates of Discitis Following Surgery for Prolapsed Intervertebral Discs at a Hospital in Pakistan

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 526-529

  Siddiqui, Amna R ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISKITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032110660     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141407     Document Type: Article

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