Fusobacterium spondylodiscitis: Case report and literature review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 491-493

  Griffin, Allen T ^a,b   Christensen, Diana ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Discitis; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPONDYLODISCITIS; MALAISE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT SWEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

DISCITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS;

ADULT; DISCITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINE;

EID: 84895892828     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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