Mycobacterium avium complex spinal epidural abscess in an HIV patient

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 554-557

  Rotstein, Andrew H ^a,b   Stuckey, Stephen L ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteria; Epidural abscess; HIV; Magnetic resonance; Mycobacterium avium complex

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032696362     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.1999.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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