Spinal infections caused by Parvimonas micra

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 397-398

  Gahier, M ^a   Cozic, C ^a   Bourdon, S ^a   Guimard, T ^a   Cormier, G ^a  

^a Centre fédératif de prévention et de dépistage   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CODEINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASTHENIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVIMONAS MICRA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPONDYLITIS; THERAPY RESISTANCE; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPLICATION; DISCITIS; FIRMICUTES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRA;

ABSCESS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISCITIS; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84944441598     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2015.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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