A case of lumbar sciatica in a patient with spondylolysis and spondylolysthesis and underlying misdiagnosed brucellar discitis

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 307-312

  Guglielmino, A ^a   Sorbello, Max ^a,b   Murabito, P ^a   Naimo, J ^a   Palumbo, A ^a   Lo Giudice, E ^a   Giuffrida, S ^a   Fazzio, S ^a   Parisi, G ^a   Mangiameli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Low back pain; Pain; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; FENTANYL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; ROFECOXIB; ROPIVACAINE; TRAMADOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREMEDICATION; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWEATING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISCITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCIATICA; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447127410     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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