Vertebral osteomyelitis in a healthy young adult

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 152-154

  Jain, Nitin ^a   Patel, Dhaval ^a   Pfeifer, Kurt J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 34249996754     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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