Salmonella osteomyelitis of the thoracic spine: An unusual presentation

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 940, 2004, Pages 110-111

  Gupta, S K ^a,b   Pandit, A ^a   White, D G ^a   Evans, P D ^a  

^a ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 1542299175     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.2002.002592     Document Type: Article

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