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Spinal infection: state of the art and management algorithm [PDF]
, 2013 Spinal infection is a rare pathology although a concerning rising incidence has been observed in recent years. This increase might reflect a progressively more susceptible population but also the availability of increased diagnostic accuracy.
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Anaerobic Spondylodiscitis due to Fusobacterium Species: A Case Report Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015 Spondylodiscitis caused by Fusobacterium species is rare. Most cases of spontaneous spondylodiscitis are caused by Staphylococcus aureus and most postoperative cases are caused by Staphylococcus aureus or coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Tiffany N. Latta +2 more
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Der Radiologe, 2006 Spondylitis is an inflammation of the vertebral body. If the infection is manifested in the vertebral motor segment it is called spondylodiscitis, which can be divided into specific and nonspecific forms. It is clinically impressive that at the beginning of the disease, the patients who are quite often immunosuppressed suffer from localized, especially
Ahlhelm, F +6 more
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Spondylodiscitis developing in a young man – diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties
Rheumatology, 2018 Infectious spondylodiscitis is characterized by vertebral osteomyelitis, spondylitis, and discitis. Patients present with persistent low back pain, fever, or neurological findings.
Desislava Kalinova, Rasho Rashkov
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Spondylodiscitis with Epidural and Psoas Muscle Abscesses as Complications After Transrectal Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy: Report of a Rare Case [PDF]
, 2017 A 71-year-old man presented with spondylodiscitis with epidural and psoas muscle abscesses following transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)- guided prostate biopsy.
Cha, Tai-Lung +4 more
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MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis : the many faces of new bone formation [PDF]
, 2019 Spondyloarthritis has two hallmark features: active inflammation and structural lesions with new bone formation. MRI is well suited to assess active inflammation, but there is increasing interest in the role of structural lesions at MRI.
Carron, Philippe +7 more
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Campylobacter fetus spondylodiscitis: A case report and review of the literature
IDCases, 2018 Campylobacter are common zoonotic food borne pathogens but infrequent causes of disseminated human infection. Campylobacter fetus is an unusual cause of human infection and spondylodiscitis. We describe a case of C. fetus infection in a 72-year-old woman
Daniel Olaiya +4 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 IntroductionInfectious spondylodiscitis is a rare infection of the intervertebral disc and the adjacent vertebral bodies that often disseminates and requires long-term antibiotic therapy. Immunologic profiling of patients with infectious spondylodiscitis
Josefine Amalie Loft +9 more
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Sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis following paraspinal muscle abscess and septic lumbar spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess in a patient with diabetes: a case report [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) is extremely rare, and usually appears to result from hematogenous spread. Predisposing factors include immunocompromising diseases such as diabetes.
Gaku Takahashi +8 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 We report a case of spondylodiscitis caused by Bordetella holmesii, an emergent pathogen. This small Gram-negative rod was first known as a cause of invasive infections on asplenic patients. This case describes a spondylodiscitis due to this bacterium in
Safia Nadji +7 more
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