Mucormycosis spondylodiscitis after lumbar disc puncture

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 370-376

  Chen, Fei ^a   Lü, Guohua ^a   Kang, Yijun ^a   Ma, Zeming ^a   Lu, Chang ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Li, Haisheng ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mucormycosis; Osteomyelitis; Spine; Spondylodiscitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFRADINE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAVAGE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY NUCLEOPLASTY; RHIZOPUS RHIZOPODOFORMIS; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 33644643755     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-1025-0     Document Type: Article

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