From narcotics to antibiotics: evolving concepts in the treatment of lower back pain.

World neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 442-443

  Almefty, Kaith K ^a   Turner, Jay D ^b   Theodore, Nicholas ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BONE DISEASES; COMPLICATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

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

EID: 84893413977     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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