Cervival Spinal epidural abscess due to group B streptococcus in a previously healthy elderly male [1]

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 577-

  Meis, J F G M ^a   Kullberg, B J ^a   Kremer, H P ^b   Verweij, P E ^a  

^a Departments of Medical Microbiology and General Internal Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0033791585     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655400458974     Document Type: Letter

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