Actinomycosis as a rare cause of vertebral osteolysis

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 296-298

  Van Driessche, K ^a   Van Ranst, D ^a   Van Offel, J ^a   Stevens, W J ^a   De Schepper, A ^a   Van Marck, E ^a   De Clerck, L S ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Back pain; Vertebral osteolysis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVOTELLA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0347512168     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2003.58.5.005     Document Type: Article

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