Group B streptococcal spondylodiscitis in adults: 2 Case reports

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-343

  Narváez, Javier ^a,b,c   Pérez Vega, Cesar ^b   Castro Bohorquez, Francisco J ^b   Vilaseca Momplet, Jaime ^b  

^a Clinica Delfos   (Spain)

^b HM Hospitales Hospital HM Delfos   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Group B streptococcus; Spondylitis; Spondylodiscitis; Streptococcus agalactiae; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BED REST; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AMPICILLIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOMYELITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3843152770     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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