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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Research

Microbial Etiology of Postoperative Spinal Fusion Infections and Factors Associated with Gram-Negative Infections, United States, 2021–2022

Molly Lindstrom, Benjamin W. Langworthy, Jonathan N. Sembrano, and Don Bambino Geno TaiComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (M. Lindstrom, J.N. Sembrano, D.B.G. Tai); University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis (B.W. Langworthy)

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Flow diagram of postoperative surgical fusion infection cases in study of microbial etiology of postoperative spinal fusion infections and factors associated with gram-negative infections. NHSN, National Healthcare Safety Network.

Figure. Flow diagram of postoperative surgical fusion infection cases in study of microbial etiology of postoperative spinal fusion infections and factors associated with gram-negative infections. NHSN, National Healthcare Safety Network.

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