Aerobic and anaerobic microbiology of wound infection following spinal fusion in children

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 20-23

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

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Children; Enterobacteriaceae; Spinal fusion; Wounds

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTEROIDES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEILLONELLA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034039162     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028892     Document Type: Article

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