Septic facet joint arthritis after a corticosteroid facet injection

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-56

  Weingarten, Toby N ^a   Hooten, W Michael ^a   Huntoon, Marc A ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Complication; Facet joint; Injection

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ERTAPENEM; GADOLINIUM; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRIAMCINOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33644786971     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00089.x     Document Type: Review

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