Antimicrobial therapy and assessing therapeutic response in culture-negative pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis: a retrospective comparative study with culture-positive pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis

Abstract Background There are still controversies regarding the treatment and outcomes in culture-negative pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO). The purpose of this study is to investigate the antimicrobial therapy, assessment of therapeutic response, and outcome of culture-negative PVO compared t...

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Main Authors: Dongwoo Yu, Sang Woo Kim, Ikchan Jeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05669-1