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Utility of Diagnostic Bone Biopsies in the Management of Osteomyelitis Through Retrospective Analysis: How Golden Is This Gold Standard?

BACKGROUND: Bone biopsy is considered the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment of osteomyelitis (OM), but few studies have investigated the extent to which it influences antimicrobial therapy in non-vertebral bones. The purpose of this study was to evaluate clinician-initiated changes to empiri...

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Autores principales: Hirschfeld, Cole, Kapadia, Shashi, Bryan, Joanna, Jannat-Khah, Deanna, May, Benjamin, Friedman, Tamir, Vielemeyer, Ole, Esquivel, Ernie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631739/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.056