Non-pyogenic infections of the spine

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Skaf, Ghassan S ^a   Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Araj, George F ^a   Kanj, Souha S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Fungal infection; Spine; Spondylodiscitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ASPERGILLUS; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CANDIDA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRUCELLA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISCITIS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77953809117     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.03.023     Document Type: Short Survey

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