Beware man s best friend

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Cleuziou, Caroline ^a   Binard, Aymeric ^a   Devauchelle Pensec, Valérie ^a   Héry Arnaud, Genevieve ^a   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^a   Saraux, Alain ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; discitis; osteoarticular infections; PCR; spinal osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DISCITIS; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78650561796     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ecc080     Document Type: Article

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