Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent host treated with voriconazole

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-124

  Nusair, Ahmad ^a,c   Smith, Philip W ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c 985400 Nebraska Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MYCOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOLOGY; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 34247121931     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000236976.97075.f5     Document Type: Article

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