Acute pyogenic diskitis (spondylodiskitis) in adults

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-13

  Tyler, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diskitis; Osteomyelitis; Spondylodiskitis; Staphylococcus aureus spondylitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRACE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORSET; DISKITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; POPULATION; REVIEW; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; DISCITIS; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 41649093816     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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