The use of external fixation for the treatment of spine infection with Actinomyces bacillus

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Fenichel, Itay ^a   Caspi, Israel ^b  

^a Tel Hashomer Hospital   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actinomyces; External fixation; Infection; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ACTINOMYCOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMORBIDITY; DECOMPRESSION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 33745616517     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000163818.61680.03     Document Type: Article

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