A child with spinal intramedullary abscess

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 773-776

  Guzel, Necmettin ^a   Eras, Mustafa ^a   Guzel, Deniz Kamalak ^b  

^a Haseki State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b OKMEYDANI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intramedullary abscess; Mixed infection; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344308222     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0802-5     Document Type: Article

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