Pyogenic hematogenous spinal infections

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 267-269

  Sapico, Francisco L ^a,b  

^a RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032775602     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199908000-00001     Document Type: Short Survey

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