Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: Detection and management based on serial C-reactive protein measurements clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-164

  Kang, Byung Uk ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Ahn, Yong ^a   Choi, Won Chul ^a   Choi, Young Geun ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; C reactive protein; Spinal surgery; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955109410     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.SPINE09403     Document Type: Article

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