Letter to the editor concerning: "antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): A double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al. Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2344-2345

  Ahmad, Zafar ^a   Rai, Am ^a   Donell, Simon ^a   Crawford, Robert ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EDEMA; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCIATICA; BONE DISEASES; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DISEASES; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 84886783152     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2979-y     Document Type: Letter

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