Antibiotics should not be used for back/leg pain

Affiliations

• ¹ RKC Centre for Spine Surgery in Stockholm, Sweden/Futurum, Academy for Health and Care, Region Jönköping County , Sweden.
• ² Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg , Sweden.
• ³ Sahlgrenska University Hospital , Göteborg , Sweden.
• ⁴ Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University , Sweden.
• ⁵ Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.
• ⁶ Spine Unit, Ortopaedkirurgisk Afdeling, Sjaellands Universitetshospital , Køge , Denmark.
• ⁷ Spine Center of Southern Denmark, Lillebaelt Hospital , Middelfart , Denmark.
• ⁸ Spine Center Göteborg , Västra Frölunda , Sweden.