Antibiotics for treating chronic osteomyelitis in adults
Appendices
Appendix 1. Search strategy for EMBASE
1. Chronic Osteomyelitis/
2. Hematogenous Osteomyelitis/ or Osteomyelitis/
3. Osteitis/ or Periostitis/
4. (infect$ adj3 (bone$ or fracture$)).tw.
5. (osteomyelitis or osteitis or periostitis).tw.
6. or/2‐5
7. Chronic Disease/ or Chronicity/
8. (chronic or recurrent).tw.
9. or/7‐8
10. and/6,9
11. or/1,10
12. exp Randomized Controlled trial/
13. exp Double Blind Procedure/
14. exp Single Blind Procedure/
15. exp Crossover Procedure/
16. Controlled Study/
17. or/12‐16
18. ((clinical or controlled or comparative or placebo or prospective$ or randomi#ed) adj3 (trial or study)).tw.
19. (random$ adj7 (allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or basis$ or divid$ or order$)).tw.
20. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj7 (blind$ or mask$)).tw.
21. (cross?over$ or (cross adj1 over$)).tw.
22. ((allocat$ or allot$ or assign$ or divid$) adj3 (condition$ or experiment$ or intervention$ or treatment$ or therap$ or control$ or group$)).tw.
23. or/18‐22
24. or/17,23
25. limit 24 to human
26. and/11,25
Appendix 2. Search strategy for MEDLINE (OVID WEB)
1. Osteomyelitis/
2. Osteitis/
3. Periostitis/
4. (osteomyelitis or osteitis or periostitis).tw
5. (infect$ adj3 (bone$ or fracture$)).tw
6. or/1‐5
7. Chronic Disease/
8. (chronic or recurrent).tw.
9. or/7‐8
10. and/6,9
