Burkholderia pickettii spondylitis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 499-502

  Sudo, H ^a   Hisada, Y ^b   Ito, M ^a   Kotaki, H ^b   Minami, A ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nayoro City General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pickettii; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE BIOPSY; BURKHOLDERIA PICKETTII; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS;

BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 23944525824     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101740     Document Type: Article

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