Intraoperative vancomycin use in spinal surgery: Single institution experience and microbial trends

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 550-555

  Ghobrial, George M ^a   Thakkar, Vismay ^a   Andrews, Edward ^a   Lang, Michael ^a   Chitale, Ameet ^a   Oppenlander, Mark E ^a,b   Maulucci, Christopher M ^a   Sharan, Ashwini D ^a   Heller, Joshua ^a   Harrop, James S ^a   Jallo, Jack ^a   Prasad, Srinivas ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disease; Spinal infection; Spondylosis; Surgical site infection; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES INFECTION; CITROBACTER KOSERI INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA INFECTION; SPINE SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897574865     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000241     Document Type: Article

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