Brucellar spondylitis: A rare cause of spinal cord compression

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Sonel Tur, B ^a,b   Suldur, N ^a   Ataman, S ^a   Ozturk, E A ^a   Bingol, A ^a   Atay, M B ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cetin Emec Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diagnosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Paraplegia; Spinal cord; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS; BLOOD; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEVER; KYPHOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 3142557714     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101571     Document Type: Article

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