Current difficulties in the diagnosis and management of spinal tuberculosis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 963, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Cormican, L ^a,b   Hammal, R ^b   Messenger, J ^b   Milburn, H J ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 30944431698     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.032862     Document Type: Article

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