Neurosurgery

General Infectious Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Do you recommend a prolonged duration of antibiotics and/or suppression for patients without pre-existing hardware who have placement of new hardware after decompression/washout of Staph aureus epidural abscess?

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For how long do you treat an early spinal hardware infection secondary to MSSA after operative washout and retention of hardware?

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What antibiotics would you use for empiric treatment of a brain abscess in patients allergic to penicillin, metronidazole, and vancomycin?

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Do you routinely recommend suppressive antibiotic therapy for patients with spinal hardware infections who have undergone surgical debridement with retention of hardware?

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Papers discussed in this category

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2024 Dec 17

State-of-the-Art Review: Diagnosis and Management of Spinal Implant Infections.

The New England journal of medicine, 2021 May 27

Antibiotic Therapy for 6 or 12 Weeks for Prosthetic Joint Infection.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2016 Feb 24

Optimal Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Patients With Hematogenous Vertebral Osteomyelitis at Low Risk and High Risk of Recurrence.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2015 Feb 06

Therapeutic outcomes of hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis with instrumented surgery.

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