Pyogenic osteomyelitis of the spine in the elderly: Three cases of a synchronous non-axial infection by a different pathogen

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-217

  Velan, G J ^a,b   Leitner, J ^a   Gepstein, R ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elderly; Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0032985605     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100784     Document Type: Article

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