Case Report: Vertebral Osteomyelitis/Discitis as a Complication of Capnocytophaga canimorsus Bacteremia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-271

  Nelson, Michael J ^a   Westfal, Richard E ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal bite; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IBUPROFEN; NAFCILLIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKITIS; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DISCITIS; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 52049105392     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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