Nontuberculous pyogenic spinal infection in adults: A 12-year experience from a tertiary referral center

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2695-2700

  Butler, Joseph S ^a   Shelly, Martin J ^a   Timlin, Marcus ^a   Powderly, William G ^a   O'Byrne, John M ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Pyogenic spinal infection; Septic discitis; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPURATION;

EID: 33750554909     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000244662.78725.37     Document Type: Article

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