Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent person

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-808

  Ranjan, Rakesh ^a   Mishra, Sachin ^a   Ranjan, Shweta ^b  

^a Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b PATNA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78149366193     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72196     Document Type: Letter

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