Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?

Spinal infection can occur in a variety of clinical situations. Establishing a correct diagnosis and identifying the pathogen is of primary importance. Intravenous antibiotic therapy should be initiated early according to the culture and sensitivities results. The other primary goals are adequate a...

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Main Author: Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2018
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/63950/1/63950_Spinal%20infection.pdf
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description Spinal infection can occur in a variety of clinical situations. Establishing a correct diagnosis and identifying the pathogen is of primary importance. Intravenous antibiotic therapy should be initiated early according to the culture and sensitivities results. The other primary goals are adequate and good pain relieve, improvement or preservation of the neurological function and restoration of the spinal alignment and stability.
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spelling iium-639502018-06-05T02:08:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63950/ Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough? Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri RD701 Orthopedics Spinal infection can occur in a variety of clinical situations. Establishing a correct diagnosis and identifying the pathogen is of primary importance. Intravenous antibiotic therapy should be initiated early according to the culture and sensitivities results. The other primary goals are adequate and good pain relieve, improvement or preservation of the neurological function and restoration of the spinal alignment and stability. 2018 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63950/1/63950_Spinal%20infection.pdf Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri (2018) Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough? In: 48th Malaysian Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting/Annual General Meeting, 10th May 2018, Equitorial Hotel Penang. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle RD701 Orthopedics
Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri
Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title_full Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title_fullStr Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title_full_unstemmed Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title_short Spinal infection: Is antibiotic enough?
title_sort spinal infection: is antibiotic enough?
topic RD701 Orthopedics
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/63950/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63950/1/63950_Spinal%20infection.pdf