Group A streptococcal vertebral osteomyelitis presenting with acute quadriplegia

Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-391

  Furitsch, M ^a   Trager K ^b   Van Der Linden, M ^c   Spellerberg, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; UREA;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLINDAMYCIN; FATAL OUTCOME; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 80655124713     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-011-0113-9     Document Type: Letter

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