Pathologic Approach to Spinal Cord Infections

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-172

  Tihan, Tarik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; Bacteria; Fungus; Granuloma; Infections; Meningitis; Myelitis; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOSIS; MYELITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPONDYLITIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION; BIOPSY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84929518118     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2015.01.010     Document Type: Review

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