Brucella cervical spondylitis complicated by spinal cord compression: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Hantzidis, Paraskevas ^a   Papadopoulos, Anestis ^a   Kalabakos, Christos ^a   Boursinos, Loukas ^a   Dimitriou, Christos G ^a  

^a Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CORPECTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 77953426689     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6698     Document Type: Article

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