Brucellar spondylodiscitis: noncontiguous multifocal involvement of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-217

  Raptopoulou, Amalia ^a   Karantanas, Apostolos H ^a   Poumboulidis, Kiriakos ^b   Grollios, Georgios ^b   Raptopoulou Gigi, Maria ^b   Garyfallos, Alexandros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Ippokration Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brucella; MRI; Multifocal location; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NEUROLOGY;

BRUCELLA; MULTIFOCAL LOCATION; SPONDYLODISCITIS;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLAR SPONDYLODISCITIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZOONOSIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISCITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK PAIN; RARE DISEASES; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646046478     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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