ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2017
Pathogen Identification in Suspected Cases of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis.
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- Pooled it
- The bacterial spectrum of spinal infections based on blood culture, tissue culture, and molecular methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Candida spondylodiscitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of seventy two studies.International orthopaedics · 2024Pooled it
- Recommendations of the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) 2025 on Spinal Infections: Part A Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- A rare and complex case report of superimposed clostridial spondylodiscitis and epidural abscess associated with spinal lymphoma of the thoracic spine.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Infectious Spondylodiscitis of Bacterial Causes in Adults: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Possible correlation between Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense spondylodiscitis and spinal anesthesia: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2026Article
- Successful treatment of pyogenic spondylitis in a non-ankylosing lesion of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis using penetrating endplate screws: a three-case report.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- What Is Worse: A Comparison of Solitary Versus Multifocal Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis Using a Nationwide Analysis of Readmission Rates and Risk Factors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Etiological Insights and the Role of Individual Factors in Infectious Spondylodiscitis.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
- A diagnostic model for differentiating tuberculous spondylodiscitis from pyogenic spondylodiscitis based on pathogen-confirmed patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Spondylodiscitis and Its Mimickers: A Pictorial Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Hematologic Inflammation Indices for Differentiating between Brucella, Pyogenic, and Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Recent Advances in Nanotechnology-Based Strategies for Bone Tuberculosis Management.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- A diagnostic model for differentiating tuberculous spondylitis from pyogenic spondylitis: a retrospective case-control study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Diagnosis of vertebral osteomyelitis.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2022Review
- A Predictive Clinical-Radiomics Nomogram for Differentiating Tuberculous Spondylitis from Pyogenic Spondylitis Using CT and Clinical Risk Factors.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- A diagnostic model for differentiating tuberculous spondylitis from pyogenic spondylitis on computed tomography images.European radiology · 2021Article
- Operative Treatment of Adult Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis: A Retrospective Study of 32 Cases.Cureus · 2021Article
- Early surgery with antibiotic medication was effective and efficient in treating pyogenic spondylodiscitis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pyogenic spinal infection continues to represent a worldwide problem. In approximately one-third of patients with pyogenic spondylodiscitis, the infectious agent is never identified. Of the cases that lead to organismal identification, bacteria are more commonly isolated from the spine rather than fungi and parasites. This study applied universal prokaryotic
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