Incidence of infectious spondylitis in the province of Albacete (Spain);Incidencia de la espondilitis infecciosa en la provincia de Albacete

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 545-550

  Solís García Del Pozo, Julián ^a,d   Vives Soto, Manuel ^a   Lizán García, Máxima ^b   Martínez Alfaro, Elisa ^b   Segura Luque, Juan Carlos ^c   Solera Santos, Javier ^b  

^a Division of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas   (Spain)

^c Hospital Comarcal de Hellín   (Spain)

^d Clinica Recoletas Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brucella; Discitis; Epidemiology; Incidence; Spondylitis; Tuberculosis spinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; DISKITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 28144465295     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13080265     Document Type: Article

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