A case of cervical Brucella spondylitis with paravertebral abscess and neurological deficits

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-215

  Basaranoglu, Metin ^a   Mert, Ali ^b   Tabak, Fehmi ^b   Kanberoglu, Kaya ^b   Aktuglu, Yildirim ^b  

^a Mehtap Sokak   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; X RAY;

ABSCESS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 0344655659     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655499750006353     Document Type: Article

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