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Infective Spondylodiscitis: A Comparative Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings with Etiology

Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation, 2020
Introduction: Spondylodiscitis in the Indian population is mostly tubercular and pyogenic. Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently most suited for radiological evaluation of the spine in patients with suspected vertebral ...
Ibad I Sha, Ajin Edwin, Namitha Shah, S R Roshna   +3 more
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Treatment of lumbar brucella spondylitis with negative pressure wound therapy via extreme lateral approach: A case report

Frontiers in Surgery, 2022
Brucella spondylitis (BS) is a specific spinal infection. Surgical treatment is required for Brucella spondylitis that has caused neurological symptoms in the lower extremities and developed an intraspinal abscess.
Haocheng Cui, Zhengqi Chang, Xiuchun Yu
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From the Oral Cavity to the Spine: Prevalence of Oral Cavity Infections in Patients with Pyogenic Spinal Infection [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Florian Gessler, Thomas Freiman, Kilinc Fatma   +2 more
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Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis to the Spine—Case Series and Review of Literature

Brain Sciences, 2019
Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infectious disease caused by the Coccidioides species endemic to Southwestern United States. Symptomatic patients typically present as community-acquired pneumonia.
Dinesh Ramanathan, Nikhil Sahasrabudhe, Esther Kim   +2 more
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Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Background: Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) caused by Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) represents a formidable clinical challenge. The current understanding of the clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes for this infection is ...
Rongpan Dang, Qin Zhang, Ruizeng Guo, Wenkai Ruan, Yongrui Yang, Jianlong Li, Wentao Zhao, Huigang An, Liang Xu, Xue Guo, Hongdong Tan   +10 more
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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Colonisation in the Patients of a Regional Spinal Cord Injury Unit in Northwest England, United Kingdom: Our Experience with Non-Isolation of VRE Colonised Patients

Microorganisms
We reviewed vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonisation of inpatients of a spinal cord injury centre. The centre consists of one single occupancy en suite room and ten multi-occupancy rooms where two to six patients stay in a cubicle.
Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Bakulesh Madhusudan Soni, Gareth Derick Cummings, Sandra Croston, Kim Lucey, Ruth Hilton, Rachel Hincks   +6 more
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Risk factors for deep infection in the surgical site after spinal operations [PDF]

Гений oртопедии, 2019
Introduction Despite significant steps in prevention and treatment of infectious complications after surgical treatment on the spine, many issues remain unsolved.
Oleg A. Smekalenkov, Dmitry A. Ptashnikov, Svetlana A. Bozhkova, Dmitry A. Mikhailov, Sergey V. Masevnin, Nikita S. Zaborovskii, Olga A. Lapaeva   +6 more
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A model, mixed-species urinary catheter biofilm derived from spinal cord injury patients

Biofilm
Complex multispecies biofilms consistently colonise urinary catheters, causing persistent asymptomatic bacteriuria and frequent symptomatic episodes in long-term catheterized individuals.
Parisa Noorian, Kailey Hamann, M. Mozammel Hoque, Gustavo Espinoza-Vergara, Joyce To, Dominic Leo, Priyadarshini Chari, Gerard Weber, Obaydullah Marial, Julie Pryor, Iain G. Duggin, Bonsan Bonne Lee, Scott A. Rice, Diane McDougald   +13 more
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source