Prophylactic cephazolin to prevent discitis in an ovine model

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-396

  Walters, Rebecca ^a,b   Rahmat, Razmi ^a   Shimamura, Yoshio ^a   Fraser, Robert ^c   Moore, Robert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cephazolin; Discitis; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; INOCULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SHEEP; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; DISCITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644836136     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000199957.01942.48     Document Type: Article

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