Imaging in acute pyogenic spondylitis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-86

  Adams, Bruce K ^a   Youssef, Inas ^a   El Tom, El Fatih Ahmed ^a  

^a MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bacterial spondylitis; Bone scintigraphy; Computed tomography; Infecton imaging; Tc 99m ciprofloxacin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; PREDNISOLONE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; ABSCESS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 33646084406     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000196411.15262.f2     Document Type: Article

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