Pyogenic spondylitis in the elderly: A report from Japan with the most aging society

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 649-654

  Yoshimoto, Mitsunori ^a   Takebayashi, Tsuneo ^a   Kawaguchi, Satoshi ^a   Tsuda, Hajime ^a   Ida, Kazunori ^a   Wada, Takuro ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Methicillin resistant; Paralysis; Pyogenic spondylitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CORSET; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC SPONDYLITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIETY; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956226565     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1659-4     Document Type: Article

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