Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of surgical-site infection following spinal fusion

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 841-843

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Frazier, Edith H ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFIXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; SPINE FUSION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0033024973     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.841-843.1999     Document Type: Article

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