Delayed diagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis in a paraplegic patient

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1020-1022

  Hsiao, M Y ^a   Liang, H W ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

paravertebral abscess; spinal cord injury; vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARAVERTEBRAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARAPLEGIA; SACRUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052392937     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.39     Document Type: Article

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