1431. Comparison of Treatment Outcomes with Definitive Antibiotic Therapy and Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Osteomyelitis

BACKGROUND: Definitive therapy for osteomyelitis (OM) is thought to be superior to empiric antimicrobial therapy; however, identifying causative pathogens is difficult. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included patients treated with either definitive or empiric antimicrobial therapy for OM a...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Holzum, Dorothy, Pearson, Christopher D, Moenster, Ryan P, Linneman, Travis W, McMahan, Jonathan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809601/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1295
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