Brucellar spondylodiscitis: A case report

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1502-1505

  Aydin, G ^a   Tosun, A ^a   Keles, Isik ^a,c   Ayaslioglu E ^a   Tosun, O ^b   Orkun, S ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarticulari nvolvement; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALLODYNIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SEROLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RIFAMPIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749829948     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2005.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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