| Literature DB >> 29573841 |
Louis D Saravolatz1, Vladimir Labalo2, Joel Fishbain2, Susan Szpunar2, Leonard B Johnson3.
Abstract
We report a retrospective study of 173 patients with vertebral osteomyelitis evaluating the effect of antibiotics administered prior to percutaneous and open biopsy cultures. Antibiotics given prior to these biopsies did not have a significant effect on the yield of cultures.Entities:
Keywords: osteomyelitis
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29573841 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.02.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803