Thoracic vertebral actinomycosis: Actinomyces israelii and Fusobacterium nucleatum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2009-2014

  Honda, Hitoshi ^a   Bankowski, Matthew J ^b,d   Kajioka, Eric H N ^c   Chokrungvaranon, Nalurporn ^b   Kim, Wesley ^b   Gallacher, Scott T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISORIENTATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TENDON REFLEX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE CULTURE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRA; WEAKNESS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 45149120550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01706-07     Document Type: Article

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