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

• Main Authors: Siegmund Lang (Author), Astrid Frömming (Author), Nike Walter (Author), Viola Freigang (Author), Carsten Neumann (Author), Markus Loibl (Author), Martin Ehrenschwender (Author), Volker Alt (Author), Markus Rupp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...