Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy in Osteomyelitis
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Osteomyelitis: an overview of antimicrobial therapy
Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disorder caused by infection, leading to necrosis and destruction of bone. It can affect all ages, involve any bone, become a chronic disease and cause persistent morbidity. Treatment of osteomyelitis is challenging particularly when complex multiresistant bacterial biofilm has already been established. Bacteria in biofilm persist in a low metabolic phase, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Seminars in Plastic Surgery
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1535-2188,1536-0067
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1214161