Meningitis complicating spinal surgery

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 763-765

  Twyman, Roy S ^a,b   Robertson, Peter ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

meningitis; spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029929501     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603150-00022     Document Type: Article

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