Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Tew, Chee Wee ^a   Han, F C ^a   Jureen, R ^a   Tey, B H ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspergillus spp.; Epidural abscess; Osteomyelitis; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAPLEGIA; SINGAPORE; SPONDYLITIS; URINE RETENTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 65949119774     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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