Spinal epidural abscess after tattooing

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 225-226

  Chowfin, Ashish ^a   Potti, Anil ^a   Paul, Anil ^a   Carson, Paul ^a  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAFCILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TATTOO; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032792913     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520174     Document Type: Article

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