Septic arthritis of a lumbar facet joint caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1736-1738

  Rombauts, Pascale A ^b   Linden, Patrick M ^a   Buyse, Annemie J ^a   Snoecx, Michel P ^a   Lysens, Roeland J ^b   Gryspeerdt, Stefaan S ^a  

^a Stedelijk Ziekenhuis Roeselare   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography scan; Facet joint; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STAPHYCID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033911013     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200007010-00022     Document Type: Article

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