Fungal spondylodiscitis in a non-immunocompromised patient

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jorge, Vanda Cristina ^a   Cardoso, Catarina ^b   Noronha, Carla ^a   Simões, José ^a   Riso, Nuno ^a   Riscado, Manuel Vaz ^a  

^a Curry Cabral's Hospital   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA ENDOPHTHALMITIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84858975705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5337     Document Type: Article

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