title: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Zafar Ahmad et al. concerning "Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707.
authors.affiliation: The School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Hanne B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004487:Edema / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000382:microbiology*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination
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