Case 26-2012: A 70-year-old woman with fever and back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 754-762

  Drapkin, Mark S ^a,c   Kamath, Ravi S ^b,d   Kim, Ji Yeon ^b,d  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS; SWEATING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BACK PAIN; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 84865291520     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1200087     Document Type: Article

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