Spondylodiscitis as the first manifestation of Whipple's disease - A removal worker with chronic low back pain

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-446

  Weber, U ^a   Morf, M H ^b   Gubler, J G H ^b   Altwegg, M ^c   Maibach, R C ^c  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Spondylodiscitis; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON; DUODENUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 2342537220     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0786-2     Document Type: Article

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