Pseudomonas mendocina spondylodiscitis: A case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 950-953

  Chi, Chih Yu ^a   Lai, Chung Hsu ^a   Fung, Chang Phone ^b   Wang, Jen Hsian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HEMANGIOMA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA;

AGED; DISCITIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA;

EID: 30544434101     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500263177     Document Type: Article

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