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Coluna/Columna, 2010 OBJETIVO: comparar as imagens radiológicas da espondilodiscite tuberculosa e a inespecífica. MÉTODOS: estudo retrospectivo mediante revisão de prontuários e exames de imagem dos pacientes portadores de discite inespecífica e específica pelo Micobacterium
Bruno Brasil do Couto +5 more
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مجلة كلية الطب, 2015 Background: Postoperative discitis is uncommon 4%, but it is the most disabling postoperative complication after lumbar discectomy. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of intradiscal Gentamycin in prevention of lumbar discitis post operatively ...
Ali T. AbdulWahid
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Rat bite fever with osteomyelitis and discitis: case report and literature review
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Rat bite fever (RBF) is a rare systemic febrile illness transmitted by rats. Streptobacillus moniliformis is a pleomorphic Gram-negative bacillus which is the usual etiologic organism for rat bite fever in the United States.
Steven H. Adams, Rahul Mahapatra
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A Rare Case of Candida parapsilosis Lumbar Discitis With Osteomyelitis
Cureus, 2022 Fungal osteomyelitis is rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Candida parapsilosis osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient with no prior surgical history. He went for spinal laminectomy with debridement and drainage.
Patrick Duplan +3 more
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Postoperative intervertebral discitis [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, 1984 Discitis is a rare complication of disc operation. During a 10-year-period 1100 patients were operated for lumbar disc herniation and only eight patients developed postoperative discitis. The symptoms began 3 weeks after the operation and the most prominent clinical feature was back pain with muscle spasm. The sedimentation rate was highly elevated but
J, Puranen, J, Mäkelä, S, Lähde
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020 Introduction: Management of pyogenic spinal infections (PSI) after the development of neurological deficit has not been specifically addressed in the literature.
Branko Milosevic +9 more
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Management of Pyogenic Discitis [PDF]
Asian Spine Journal, 2014 Sir, The recent report on "management of pyogenic discitis" is very interesting [1]. Devkota et al. [1] noted that "antibiotics therapy should be started only after isolating the bacteria and making the culture sensitivity report." In fact, the identification of the pathogen is very important for the proper management of infective discitis. However,
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic disease with rising health and economic concerns in many areas worldwide. Musculoskeletal pains are among the main complications of human brucellosis, which are often difficult to diagnose due to the ...
S. Alamian +3 more
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Prophylactic Cephazolin to Prevent Discitis in an Ovine Model
, 2006 Study Design. An ovine model of discitis was used to determine the efficacy of the antibiotic cephazolin for prophylactic use in spinal surgery. Objectives.
Rebecca Walters +9 more
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The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of postoperative spondylodiscitis [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2004 Background. Spondylodiscitis, discitis associated with vertebral osteomyelitis may follow disc-removal surgery. A targeted successful treatment of spinal infections requires clinical and laboratory data that are completed by the contribution of imaging ...
Stošić-Opinćal Tatjana L. +4 more
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