The Effect of Withholding Antibiotics Prior to Bone Biopsy in Patients With Suspected Osteomyelitis: A Meta-analysis of the Literature.

CONCLUSIONS: When all studies as well as when NVO studies only were evaluated, there was no significant difference in bacterial pathogen yield based on antibiotic exposure. When VO studies were evaluated separately, there were fewer pathogens recovered than when antibiotics were administered prior to obtaining bone cultures. PMID: 31356178 [PubMed - in process]
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