Actinomycosis or tuberculosis? A diagnostic dilemma

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 378-381

  Varshney, Manish Kumar ^a   Trikha, Vivek ^a   Khan, Shah Alam ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33744794953     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500447168     Document Type: Article

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