Two cases of pott disease associated with bilateral psoas abscesses: Case report

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Maron, Rhodemarie ^a   Levine, Deborah ^b,c   Dobbs, Thomas E ^b   Geisler, William M ^b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pott disease; Psoas abscess; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ETHAMBUTOL; IBUPROFEN; INSULIN; ISONIAZID; METFORMIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACKACHE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISKITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PSOAS ABSCESS; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33746093251     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000225998.99872.7f     Document Type: Article

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