Repeated meningitis as a delayed complication of scoliosis surgery

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-336

  Da Costa, Leodante B ^a,b   Ahn, Henry ^a   Montanera, Walter ^a   Ginsberg, Howard ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Scoliosis; Spinal instrumentation

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RECURRENCE; SCOLIOSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249788402     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31803755a8     Document Type: Article

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