Therapeutic decision in chronic osteomyelitis: Sinus track culture versus intraoperative bone culture

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-453

  Akinyoola, A L ^a   Adegbehingbe, O O ^a   Aboderin, A O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bone culture; Chronic osteomyelitis; Sinus track

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE CULTURE; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS TRACK CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749124914     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0621-y     Document Type: Article

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