Pyogenic spondylodiskitis: A radiologic/pathologic and culture correlation study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 712-716

  Lucio, Emmanuel ^a   Adesokan, Adekunle ^a,c   Hadjipavlou, Alexander C ^a   Crow, Wayne N ^b   Adegboyega, Patrick A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0034112218     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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