Therapy of spinal wound infections using vacuum-assisted wound closure: Risk factors leading to resistance to treatment

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 320-323

  Ploumis, Avraam ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Dressel, Thomas D ^a   Dykes, Daryll C ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Lonstein, John E ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Instrumentation; Spine; Vacuum assisted closure

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; SUCTION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049094082     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318141f99d     Document Type: Article

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