Vertebral osteomyelitis with a rare etiology diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 360-363

  Nandeesh, B N ^a   Kini, Usha ^a   Alexander, Betty ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Cytology; Infection in immunocompetent; Osteomyelitis; Primary bone aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MYCOSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951752362     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21212     Document Type: Article

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