GaoYLiuYMaXet al. The incidence and risk factors of peripherally inserted central catheter-related infection among cancer patients. Ther Clin Risk Manag2015; 11: 863–871.
2.
KulowskiJ.Pyogenic osteomyelitis of the spine: an analysis and discussion of 102 cases. J Bone Joint Surg1936; 18(2): 343–364.
3.
DawsonRB.PICC zone insertion method™ (ZIM™): a systematic approach to determine the ideal insertion site for PICCs in the upper arm. J Assoc Vasc Access2011; 16(3): P156–P160.
4.
MermelLAAllonMBouzaEet al. Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis2009; 49(1): 1–45.
5.
MaiuriFIaconettaGGallicchioBet al. Spondylodiscitis. Clinical and magnetic resonance diagnosis. Spine1997; 22(15): 1741–1746.
6.
SchimmerRCJeanneretCNunleyPDet al. Osteomyelitis of the cervical spine: a potentially dramatic disease. J Spinal Disord Tech2002; 15(2): 110–117.
7.
SebbenALGraellsXSBenatoMLet al. High cervical spine spondylodiscitis management and literature review. Rev Assoc Med Bras2017; 63(1): 18–20.
8.
GarcíaXSabatierCFerrerRet al. Differential time to positivity of blood cultures: a valid method for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Med Intensiva2012; 36(3): 169–176.
9.
RankineJJBarronDARobinsonPet al. Therapeutic impact of percutaneous spinal biopsy in spinal infection. Postgrad Med J2004; 80(948): 607–609.
10.
SuessOWeiseLBrockMet al. Debridement and spinal instrumentation as a single-stage procedure in bacterial spondylitis/spondylodiscitis. Zentralbl Neurochir2007; 68(3): 123–132.
