Clinical and MRI findings of brucellar spondylodiscitis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a   Ozdemir, Huseyin ^a   Demirdag, Kutbettin ^a   Ozden, Mehmet ^a   Sonmezgoz, Fitnet ^a   Ozgocmen, Salih ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucella; MRI; Spine; Spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BLOOD; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DATA COMPRESSION; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; PIGMENTS; RESONANCE; TESTING; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; CLINICAL FEATURES; CULTURES (TRADITIONAL); EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; IRELAND; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MR IMAGING; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT (PLL); PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGNAL CHANGES; SOFT TISSUES; VERTEBRAL BODIES;

TISSUE;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT LESION; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRUCELLOSIS; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44949252163     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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