Candida albicans spondylodiscitis

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-192

  Ugarriza, L F ^a,b   Cabezudo, J M ^a   Lorenzana, L M ^a   Rodriguez Sanchez J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRACE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; VERTEBRA BODY; X RAY PICTURE;

AGED; CANDIDIASIS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542419273     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690410001681091     Document Type: Review

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