Report of 2 cases of vertebral osteomyelitis/discitis caused by Enterococcus faecalis in dialysis patients

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-200

  Marella, Punnaiah C ^a   Hasan, Saqib ^a   Habte Gabr, Eyassu ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISKITIS; EDEMA; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS; TENDON REFLEX; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 34248993646     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000269916.17972.56     Document Type: Article

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