Tuberculous meningitis following correction of kyphosis by spinal osteotomy: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1022-1024

  Alvarez, Luis ^a   Calvo, Emilio ^a  

^a Jimenez Diaz Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0036599852     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200206000-00019     Document Type: Article

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