Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-351

  Jaramillo de la Torre, Jorge J ^a   Bohinski, Robert J ^a   Kuntz IV, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TITANIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BED REST; BIOPSY; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE PAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMAGING; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPONDYLITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33746711647     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2006.05.003     Document Type: Review

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