ArticleInfection2017
A comparison of the diagnostic value of MRI and
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- EANM/SNMMI guideline/procedure standard for [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Guideline
- Protracted febrile myalgia syndrome in children with familial Mediterranean fever - systematic review and a case report.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2024Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for suspected primary and postoperative pyogenic spondylitis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Pooled it
- Diagnostic performance ofEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020Pooled it
- The diagnostic value ofEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2018Trial
- 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Combined With CT in Unresolved ICU Infections: Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Consequences in a Retrospective Cohort.Critical care explorations · 2026Article
- Differentiating Tuberculous and Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: Part II: MRI/CT Features, Prediction Models, and the Role of PET/CT-A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Culture to Sequencing: Evolving Strategies for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Spondylodiscitis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Review
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- [American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Review
- The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in spinal infections: A comprehensive diagnostic tool.Brain & spine · 2026Article
- Letter to Editor: Reevaluating DECT in early spondylodiscitis for comprehensive diagnosis.European radiology · 2025Article
- Vertebral osteomyelitis in patients with infective endocarditis: prevalence, risk factors and mortality.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Observational
- Spondylodiscitis of the thoraco-lumbar spine: diagnostic performance of dual-energy CT vs MRI.European radiology · 2025Article
- Role of nuclear imaging techniques in the management of infections in critically ill patients.Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
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- [Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Diagnostic Yield of [Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Sonographic diagnosis of spondylodiscitis in a young child.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of
methodsFrom January 2006 to August 2013 patients with a clinical suspicion of spondylodiscitis, with an infection, or with fever of unknown origin were retrospectively included if
resultsSixty-eight patients were included of whom 49 patients were diagnosed with spondylodiscitis. MRI showed an overall sensitivity of 67 % and specificity of 84 %. Diagnostic accuracy was 58 %, when MRI was performed within 2 weeks after the start of symptoms and improved to 82 %, when performed more than 2 weeks after onset of symptoms.
conclusionsAs compared to MRI,
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