Drug susceptibility testing guided treatment for drug-resistant spinal tuberculosis: A retrospective analysis of 19 patients

International Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-180

  Lan, Xu ^a   Xu, Jian Zhong ^a   Liu, Xue Mei ^a   Ge, Bao Feng ^a  

^a LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Spinal tuberculosis; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 84894644880     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9738/INTSURG-D-12-00004.1     Document Type: Article

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