Severe Actinomyces israelii infection involving the entire spinal cord

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-213

  Gaïni, Shahin ^a   Røge, Birgit Thorup ^a   Pedersen, Court ^a   Pedersen, Svend Stenvang ^a   Brenøe, Anne Sofie ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644582938     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500322312     Document Type: Article

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