Spinal tuberculosis deserves a place on the radar screen

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 537-549

  McLain, Robert F ^a   Isada, Carlos ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULIN;

ABSCESS; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACKACHE; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALAISE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 4043049643     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.71.7.537     Document Type: Review

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