The presentation, incidence, etiology, and treatment of surgical site infections after spinal surgery

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1323-1328

  Pull Ter Gunne, Albert F ^a   Mohamed, Ahmed S ^a   Skolasky, Richard L ^a   Van Laarhoven, Cees J H M ^b   Cohen, David B ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Infection; Spine; Surgery; Treatment; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DRAINAGE; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77953161600     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181bcde61     Document Type: Article

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