Brucella Diskitis Mimicking Herniation without Spondylitis; MRI Findings

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 178-181

  Demirci, Irşadi ^a,b  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diskitis; Lumbar disk herniation; MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 0345601086     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44622     Document Type: Article

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