A case of pyogenic spondylodiscitis caused by Campylobacter fetus for which early diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging was difficult

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 274-278

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Hirabayashi, Hiroki ^a   Ogihara, Nobuhide ^a   Mukaiyama, Keijiro ^a   Shimizu, Masayuki ^a   Hashidate, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter fetus; Resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873053159     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2012.6.4.274     Document Type: Article

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