Spondylodiscitis: An unusual complication after lumbar myelography

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-114

  Kotilainen, Esa ^a   Sonninen, Pirkko ^a   Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic meningitis; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LETTER; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLODESIS;

DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL FUSION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 33847051256     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2006.05.010     Document Type: Letter

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