Vertebral osteomyelitis in northern Spain. Report of 62 cases

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-452

  Belzunegui, J ^a   Del Val, N ^b   Intxausti, J J ^a   De Dios, J R ^a   Queiro, R ^a   Gonzalez C ^a   Rodriguez Valverde V ^b   Figueroa, M ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brucella melitensis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Staphylococcus aureus; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CANNULATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENICILLINS; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0032856262     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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