Intervertebral discitis presenting as oligoarthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 634-635

  Marshall, A T ^a   Gaffney, J K ^a   Marshall, T J ^a   Williams, H M S ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2442706720     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2002.001586     Document Type: Article

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