Pyogenic discitis revealing infrarenal aortic prosthetic graft infection impinging on the left ureter

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 140-142

  Dreyfus, Jérôme ^a   Grange, Laurent ^a   Sessa, Carmine ^a   Juvin, Robert ^a  

^a Vascular Surgery Department   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic prosthetic graft; Discitis; Pyelonephritis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PROTEIN C;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URETER INJURY; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0038709384     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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