Subacute vertebral osteomyelitis in a child with diabetes mellitus associated with Fusarium

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 740-742

  Moschovi, Maria ^a   Trimis, Georgios ^a,c   Anastasopoulos, John ^b   Kanariou, Maria ^b   Raftopoulou, Angeliki ^b   Tzortzatou Stathopoulou, Fotini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Fusarium; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FUSIDIC ACID; KETOCONAZOLE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUSARIUM; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOSES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844295326     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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