Evaluation of thin needle aspiration biopsy in the diagnosis and management of vertebral osteomyelitis (VO)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 486-487

  Hassoun, Ali ^a   Taur, Ying ^b   Singer, Carol ^b  

^a Alabama Infectious Diseases Center   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 33750316749     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.011     Document Type: Letter

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