Remodeling of the spine in spondylodiscitis of children at the age of 3 years or younger

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-407

  Waizy, Hazibullah ^a   Heckel, Martina ^b   Seller, Konrad ^c   Schroten, Horst ^b   Wild, Alexander ^d  

^a Remigius Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Hessing Stiftung ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Spondylitis; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE REMODELING; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORSET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTER CAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCOLIOSIS; SKIN TEST; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE REMODELING; BRACES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 34547105578     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0316-9     Document Type: Article

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