Spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease) associated to psoas abscess: Report of two cases and a literature review;Tuberculose vertebral (doença de Pott) associada a abscesso de psoas: Relato de dois casos e revisão da literatura

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-282

  Vilar, Fernando Crivelenti ^a   Neves, Fábio Fernandes ^a   Colares, Jeová Keny Baima ^a   Da Fonseca, Benedito Antônio Lopes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pott's disease; Psoas abscess; Spinal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSSIFICATION; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33746734861     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000300011     Document Type: Article

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