Infection after the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: Evaluation of the diagnosis, treatment, and impact on clinical outcomes

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Rihn, Jeffrey A ^a   Lee, Joon Y ^c   Ward, W Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Diagnosis; Idiopathic scoliosis; Infection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCHOOL CHILD; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPINAL FUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40049093404     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318162016e     Document Type: Article

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