Clinical assessment and medical treatment of spine infections

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 444, Issue , 2006, Pages 38-50

  Tsiodras, Sotirios ^a   Falagas, Matthew E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PYRROLE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISKITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INFECTION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 33645986714     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000203454.82264.cd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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