Tuberculous spondylitis in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing chronic hemodialysis therapy - Report of two cases

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-477

  Kostov, Kosta ^a   Yovchevski, Plamen ^a   Petrov, Ivan ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antituberculous treatment; End stage renal disease; IFN assay; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tuberculous spondylitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISKITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 77955981493     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0093-7     Document Type: Article

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