Diagnosing tuberculous spondylitis: Patients with back pain referred to a rheumatology outpatient department

Rheumatology International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Kotevoglu, Nurdan ^a,c   Taşbaşi, Inkilap ^b  

^a Istanbul Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b SSK Goztepe Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Discitis magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACK PAIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0842287155     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0322-3     Document Type: Article

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