Epidemiologic, clinical, and imaging findings in brucellosis patients with osteoarticular involvement

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 873-880

  Pourbagher, Aysin ^a   Pourbagher, Mir Ali ^a   Savas, Lutfu ^b   Turunc, Tuba ^a   Demiroglu, Yusuf Ziya ^a   Erol, Ilknur ^a   Yalcintas, Defne ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Infectious diseases; MRI; Musculoskeletal imaging; Osteoarticular involvement

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; BURSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPINE INSTABILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BRUCELLOSIS; BURSITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SACROILIAC JOINT; TURKEY;

EID: 33749015982     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.1088     Document Type: Article

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