Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report)

Volume: 33 Number: 1 September 11, 2006
  • M. Ozdemir
  • Hakan Selek
  • Kenan Bayrakci
  • Serdar Altinel
  • A. Us
  • Haluk Ataoglu
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Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report)

Abstract

Postoperative infection is a serious complication of spinal surgery especially when instruments are used. Risk of infection is increased by complexity and duration the operation, tissue damage, and associated disease of the patient. The authors report a lumbar 5-sacral 1 spondylolisthesis case who had developed a surgical wound infection after posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion consequently taken antibiotics for a long period and Enterococcus L-form was isolated by using hypertonic media from the culture negative patient.

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M. Ozdemir This is me

Hakan Selek This is me

Kenan Bayrakci This is me

Serdar Altinel This is me

Haluk Ataoglu This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1999 Volume: 33 Number: 1

APA
Ozdemir, M., Selek, H., Bayrakci, K., Altinel, S., Us, A., & Ataoglu, H. (2006). Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report). Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(1), 89-91. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301
AMA
1.Ozdemir M, Selek H, Bayrakci K, Altinel S, Us A, Ataoglu H. Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report). Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33(1):89-91. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301
Chicago
Ozdemir, M., Hakan Selek, Kenan Bayrakci, Serdar Altinel, A. Us, and Haluk Ataoglu. 2006. “Culture Negative Postoperative Spinal Infection: Isolation of Enterococci L-Forms from Wound Discharge by Using Hypertonic Media (a Case Report)”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 (1): 89-91. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301.
EndNote
Ozdemir M, Selek H, Bayrakci K, Altinel S, Us A, Ataoglu H (September 1, 2006) Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report). Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 1 89–91.
IEEE
[1]M. Ozdemir, H. Selek, K. Bayrakci, S. Altinel, A. Us, and H. Ataoglu, “Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report)”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 89–91, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301.
ISNAD
Ozdemir, M. - Selek, Hakan - Bayrakci, Kenan - Altinel, Serdar - Us, A. - Ataoglu, Haluk. “Culture Negative Postoperative Spinal Infection: Isolation of Enterococci L-Forms from Wound Discharge by Using Hypertonic Media (a Case Report)”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33/1 (September 1, 2006): 89-91. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301.
JAMA
1.Ozdemir M, Selek H, Bayrakci K, Altinel S, Us A, Ataoglu H. Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report). Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33:89–91.
MLA
Ozdemir, M., et al. “Culture Negative Postoperative Spinal Infection: Isolation of Enterococci L-Forms from Wound Discharge by Using Hypertonic Media (a Case Report)”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 1, Sept. 2006, pp. 89-91, doi:10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301.
Vancouver
1.M. Ozdemir, Hakan Selek, Kenan Bayrakci, Serdar Altinel, A. Us, Haluk Ataoglu. Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci L-forms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media (a case report). Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;33(1):89-91. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i1.2301