Conservative management of pyogenic osteomyelitis of the occipitocervical junction

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 818-822

  Spies, Ernst Henrik ^a   Stücker, Ralf ^b   Reichelt, Achim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Occipitocervical junction; Pyogenic osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SUPPURATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0345004158     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00015     Document Type: Article

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