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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 69-B, Issue 5 | Pages 784 - 786
1 Nov 1987
Gibson M Karpinski M Slack R Cowlishaw W Webb J

The role of antibiotics in the treatment of disc-space infection is controversial. This study assessed the tissue penetration of flucloxacillin and cephradine into the normal intervertebral disc after intravenous administration of a bolus dose of antibiotic. Twenty-five discs were removed from 12 adolescent patients having anterior spinal surgery to correct scoliosis; antibiotic had been administered between 30 minutes and four hours before operation. Despite high blood levels, no antibiotic could be detected by bioassay or by high-pressure liquid chromatography (h.p.l.c.) in any of the specimens from the nucleus pulposus or the annulus fibrosus.