Propionibacterium as a cause of postneurosurgical infection in patients with dural allografts: Report of three cases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1138-1141

  Jallo, George I ^a   Koslow, Maxim ^b   Hanna, Bruce A ^b   Carson, Loretta A ^c  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Dural graft; Infection; Osteomyelitis; Propionibacterium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRANIOTOMY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032907187     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00122     Document Type: Article

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