Vertebral osteomyelitis with spinal epidural abscess in two patients with Bacteroides fragilis bacteraemia

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-196

  De Goeij, S ^a   Nisolle, J F ^a   Glupczynski, Y ^a   Delgrange, E ^b   Delaere, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Epidural abscess; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47949131234     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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