Vertebral cryptococcosis simulating tuberculosis

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 556-559

  Gupta, S K ^a   Chhabra, R ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Das, A ^a   Khosla, V K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal therapy; Cryptococcosis; Thoracic vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE DISEASE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COSTOTRANSVERSECTOMY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 1642538345     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001626868     Document Type: Article

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