Rupture of tuberculous spinal abscess resulting in tuberculous empyema and chylothorax

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 410-412

  Prasad, R S ^b   Fraser, M H ^a   Urquhart, G D K ^a   Mclean, A N ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid fast bacilli; Chemotherapy; Chylothorax; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pott's disease; Tuberculous empyema

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS RUPTURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

AGED; CHYLOTHORAX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; HUMANS; MALE; SCOTLAND; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0038002416     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101449     Document Type: Article

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