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Baxi SM, Robinson ML, Grill MF, et al. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016;3(3):ofw177doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw177.
Baxi, S. M., Robinson, M. L., Grill, M. F., Schwartz, B. S., Doernberg, S. B., & Liu, C. (2016). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. Open forum infectious diseases, 3(3), ofw177. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw177
Baxi, Sanjiv M, et al. "Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study." Open forum infectious diseases vol. 3,3 (2016): ofw177. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw177
Baxi SM, Robinson ML, Grill MF, Schwartz BS, Doernberg SB, Liu C. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 30;3(3):ofw177. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw177. eCollection 2016 Sep. PMID: 27704027; PMCID: PMC5047418.
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Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 30;3(3):ofw177. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw177. eCollection 2016 Sep.

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Individuals With Spinal Implant Infections: A Descriptive Study.

Open forum infectious diseases

Sanjiv M Baxi, Makeda L Robinson, Marie F Grill, Brian S Schwartz, Sarah B Doernberg, Catherine Liu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of California, San Francisco; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine , Stanford University , California.
  3. Department of Neurology , Mayo Clinic , Phoenix, Arizona.
  4. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of California, San Francisco; School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.
  5. Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease , University of California , San Francisco.

PMID: 27704027 PMCID: PMC5047418 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw177

Abstract

Little is known about the clinical presentation and outcomes associated with spinal implant infections. Here, we describe a single center's experience in a retrospective cohort of 109 individuals with spinal implant infections, including clinical, microbiological, therapeutic, and outcome data.

Keywords: infectious diseases consultation; spinal implant infection; surgical site infections; vertebral osteomyelitis; discitis

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