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:	EN
Published:	MDPI AG 2021
Subjects:	vertebral osteomyelitis healthcare-associated infections antimicrobial resistance epidemiology spine coagulase-negative staphylococci Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950
Online Access:	https://doaj.org/article/a351f75f90e04ceea7a23e715b1f90cf
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Is There a Difference in Clinical Features, Microbiological Epidemiology and Effective Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy Comparing Healthcare-Associated and Community-Acquired Vertebral Osteomyelitis?

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