Is There a Difference in Clinical Features, Microbiological Epidemiology and Effective Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy Comparing Healthcare-Associated and Community-Acquired Vertebral Osteomyelitis?

Is There a Difference in Clinical Features, Microbiological Epidemiology and Effective Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy Comparing Healthcare-Associated and Community-Acquired Vertebral Osteomyelitis?

Background: Empiric antibiotic therapy for suspected vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) should be initiated immediately in severely ill patients, and might be necessary for culture-negative VO. The current study aimed to identify differences between community-acquired (CA) and healthcare-associated (HA) V...

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Main Authors: Siegmund Lang, Astrid Frömming, Nike Walter, Viola Freigang, Carsten Neumann, Markus Loibl, Martin Ehrenschwender, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
vertebral osteomyelitis
healthcare-associated infections
antimicrobial resistance
epidemiology
spine
coagulase-negative staphylococci
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/11/1410

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https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/11/1410

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