An ageing population and changing UK bacteraemia profile may affect the characteristics and microbiology of infective spondylodiscitis

J Infect. 2016 Jul;73(1):91-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.005. Epub 2016 Apr 9.

Authors

Joseph Donovan¹, Jordan P Skittrall², Thomas Moore², Catherine Sargent², Daniel Agranoff², Martin Llewelyn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, UK. Electronic address: josephdonovan@doctors.org.uk.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, UK.

PMID: 27066877
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.04.005

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Aging*
Bacteremia / epidemiology
Discitis / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence