Microbiologically and clinically diagnosed vertebral osteomyelitis: Impact of prior antibiotic exposure

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2122-2124

  Kim, Chung Jong ^a   Song, Kyoung Ho ^a   Park, Wan Beom ^a   Kim, Eu Suk ^a   Park, Sang Won ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a   Oh, Myoung Don ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ABSCESS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84863378821     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05953-11     Document Type: Article

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