Effect of bone biopsy in guiding antimicrobial therapy for osteomyelitis complicating open wounds

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 367-371

  Khatri, Gajendra ^a,b   Wagner, David K ^a,b   Sohnle, Peter G ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone biopsy; Osteomyelitis; Pressure ulcer

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; BONE; GRAM NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035379678     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200106000-00002     Document Type: Article

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