Surgical management of coccidioidomycosis of the spine: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-446

  Kakarla, Udaya K ^a   Kalani, M Yashar S ^a   Sharma, Giriraj K ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Infection; Osteomyelitis; Spine; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEXICO; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE; SYMPTOM; THORACIC SPINE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053440490     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.5.SPINE10596     Document Type: Article

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