Spinal aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis with extradural abscess: Case report and review of literature

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-555

  Vaishya, Sandeep ^a   Sharma, Manish Singh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Abscess; Aspergillus; extradural; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOPSY; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDROME; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 2542631176     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.06.005     Document Type: Article

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