Infection - An underappreciated cause of bone pain in multiple myeloma

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1047-1050

  Desikan, Raman ^a,b   Barlogie, Bart ^a   Sethi, Rajesh ^a   Toor, Amir ^a   Spoon, Dan ^a   Angtuaco, Edward ^a   Vanhemert, Rudy ^a   VijayaGopal, Anantha ^a   Singhal, Seema ^a   Mehta, Jayesh ^a   Jagannath, Sundar ^a   Munshi, Nikhil ^a   Zangari, Maurizio ^a   Fassas, Athanassios ^a   Tricot, Guido ^a   Anaissie, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone pain; Infection; Myeloma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; THALIDOMIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTEREMIA; BONE INFECTION; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK PAIN; DISCITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037355168     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04178.x     Document Type: Article

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