Medically treated intraspinal 'Brucella' granuloma

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 570-576

  Bingöl, Ayşe ^a   Yücemen, Nezih ^a   Meço, Oktay ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Granuloma; Neurological complications; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RADICULOPATHY; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; BRUCELLOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RIFAMPIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0343010462     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(99)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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