Hematogenous pyogenic facet joint infection of the subaxial cervical spine. A report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 135-138

  Muffoletto, A J ^a   Nader, R ^a   Westmark, R M ^a   Nauta, H J W ^a   Garges, K J ^a   Hadjipavlou, A G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Abscess; Cervical spine; Facet; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEREMIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034859483     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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