Infectious myelopathies

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-141

  Berger, Joseph R ^a,b   Sabet, Arman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cytomegalovirus; HIV associated vacuolar myelopathy; HTLV I associated myelopathy; Schistosomiasis; Syphilis; Tabes dorsalis; Tuberculosis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROVIRUS; FUNGUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MICROORGANISM; MYELITIS; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TABES DORSALIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TABES DORSALIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0036625816     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36536     Document Type: Review

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