Executive Summary: 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adults

These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO). They include evidence and opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 859 - 863
Main Authors: Berbari, Elie F, Kanj, Souha S, Kowalski, Todd J, Darouiche, Rabih O, Widmer, Andreas F, Schmitt, Steven K, Hendershot, Edward F, Holtom, Paul D, Huddleston, 3rd, Paul M, Petermann, Gregory W, Osmon, Douglas R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 15.09.2015
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Debridement
Humans
Osteomyelitis - diagnosis
Osteomyelitis - therapy
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Societies
Spondylitis - diagnosis
Spondylitis - therapy
osteomyelitis
spondylodiscitis
spine infection
Staphylococcus aureus
discitis
ISSN:1537-6591
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Summary:These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO). They include evidence and opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with NVO treated with antimicrobial therapy, with or without surgical intervention.
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ISSN:1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/civ633