Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis of the spine. A comparison between ambulant treatment and radical surgery - Ten-year report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 464-471

  Parthasarathy, R ^a,b   Sriram, K ^a,b   Santha, T ^a,b   Prabhakar, R ^a,b   Somasundaram, P R ^a,b   Sivasubramanian, S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b Chennai Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISONIAZID; KYPHOSIS; MALE; RIFAMPIN; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0033029882     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B3.9043     Document Type: Article

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