Brucellar spondylodiscitis affecting non-contiguous spine levels

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mrabet, Dalila ^a   Mizouni, H ^a   Khiari, H ^b   Rekik, S ^a   Cheour E ^a   Meddeb, N ^a   Mnif, E ^a   Bahri Mrabet, A ^b   Sahli Srairi, H ^a   Sellami, S ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MYALGIA; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; THORACIC SPINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79955555646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3788     Document Type: Article

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