Fever After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Case of Brucella Sepsis

PM and R

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 982-984

  McCormick, Zack ^a   Lynch, Meaghan ^a   Chen, David ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84887862590     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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