Brucellar spondylo-discitis with rapidly progressive spinal epidural abscess presenting with sciatica

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 805-808

  Yuksel, K Z ^a   Senoglu, M ^a   Yuksel, M ^a   Gul, M ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Lumbar disc herniation; Serology; Spinal brucellosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845581190     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101938     Document Type: Article

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