Spinal epidural abscess caused by Brucellosis - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-70

  Ateş, Özkan ^a,b   Çayli, Suleyman R ^a   Koçak, Ayhan ^a   Kutlu, Ramazan ^a   Önal, Rezzan E ^a   Tekiner, Ayhan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; Cord compression; Epidural abscess; Spinal involvement

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MONITORING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 13444250962     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.45.66     Document Type: Article

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