Mixed infection involving Actinomyces, Aggregatibacter, and Fusobacterium species presenting as perispinal tumor

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-178

  Ghafghaichi, L ^a   Troy, S ^b   Budvytiene, I ^a   Banaei, N ^a,b   Baron, E J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Misdiagnosis; Mixed anaerobic infection; Osteomyelitis; Pseudomalignant tumor

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ADULT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NIGHT SWEAT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PASTEURELLACEAE; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 77951768376     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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