Percutaneous needle biopsy in diagnosis and identification of causative organisms in cases of suspected vertebral osteomyelitis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 940-946

  Sehn, Jennifer K ^a   Gilula, Louis A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Infection; Percutaneous; Spine; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE INFECTION; CALLUS; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859937939     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.01.125     Document Type: Article

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