Spondylodiscitis after facet joint steroid injection: A case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b,c   Bliziotis, Ioannis A ^a   Mavrogenis, Andreas F ^d   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^d  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISKITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33745046035     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500372689     Document Type: Article

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