Open AccessThe Impact of Prebiopsy Antibiotics on Pathogen Recovery in Hematogenous Vertebral Osteomyelitis
Author(s) -
Jonas Marschall,
Kavita Bhavan,
Margaret A. Olsen,
Victoria J. Fraser,
Neill M. Wright,
David K. Warren
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir062
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , biopsy , odds ratio , osteomyelitis , antibiotics , surgery , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Biopsy specimens are often obtained in the evaluation of hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis. The effect of prebiopsy antibiotic exposure on pathogen recovery is unknown.
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