Selection of an appropriate empiric antibiotic regimen in hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis

Health Care Associated Hematogenous Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Although hematogenous pyogenic spinal infections have been related to hemodialysis (HD), catheter-related sepsis, and sporadically, to other nosocomial infections or procedures, in most recent studies and reviews the impact of nosocomial infection as a risk factor for vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) is not well established. The aim of our study was to describe the risk factors, infectious source, ...

Hematogenous Candida vertebral osteomyelitis treated with ketoconazole.

Candida vertebral osteomyelitis was diagnosed in a patient with systemic lupus erythematodes following X-ray evidence of osteomyelitis and the repeated culturing of Candida albicans from material obtained by needle biopsies from the third lumbar vertebra. The patient had been on glucocorticosteroids and parenteral nutrition six months previously. At that time, a yeast was cultured from the bloo...

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Healthcare-Associated Hematogenous Vertebral Osteomyelitis

196. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Healthcare-Associated Hematogenous Vertebral Osteomyelitis Ki-Ho Park, MD; Yu-Mi Lee, MD; Song Mi Moon, M.D., PhD; Seong Yeon Park, MD; Oh-Hyun Cho, MD; Mi Suk Lee, MD and In-Gyu Bae, MD; Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Infectious Disease, Korean Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongn...

Therapeutic outcomes of hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis with instrumented surgery.

BACKGROUND Patients with hematogenous vertebral osteomyelitis (HVO) occasionally require instrumentation for spinal stabilization. However, placing instrumentation in the setting of spinal infection raises concerns about recurrent infection due to bacteria adhering to the foreign material. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic outcomes of patients with HVO who underwent instrumented surge...

Microbiology of Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Implications on Empiric Therapy