Vertebral osteomyelitis in paraplegia: incidence, risk factors, clinical picture

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Frisbie, James H ^a,b,e   Gore, Robert L ^c   Strymish, Judith M ^d,e   Garshick, Eric ^a,e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Spinal Cord Injury Service   (United States)

^c Radiology Service   (United States)

^d Infectious Disease Service   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Osteomyelitis; Spinal cord disease; Spinal cord injury; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE DISEASE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034151017     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2000.11753503     Document Type: Article

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