A comparative analysis of tuberculous, brucellar and pyogenic spontaneous spondylodiscitis patients

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-163

  Turunc, Tuba ^a   Ziya Demiroglu, Yusuf ^a   Uncu, Hikmet ^a   Colakoglu, Sule ^a   Arslan, Hande ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Spontaneous pyogenic spondylodiscitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS ABSCESS; PYOGENIC BACTERIUM; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRUCELLA; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447101850     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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