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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Interest of Follow-Up Radiological Imaging in Patients with Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis.

Sophie Hecquet, Frank Verhoeven, Sébastien Aubry, Clément Prati, Daniel Wendling, Catherine Chirouze, Kévin Bouiller

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sophie HecquetDepartment of Rheumatology, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Frank VerhoevenDepartment of Rheumatology, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Sébastien AubryDepartment of Osteoarticular Radiology, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Clément PratiDepartment of Rheumatology, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Daniel WendlingDepartment of Rheumatology, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Catherine ChirouzeDepartment of Infectious Disease, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.
Kévin BouillerDepartment of Infectious Disease, Besançon University Hospital, 25020 Besançon, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2177-4318

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Abstract

No recommendations are established for monitoring pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO). Thus, the realization of systematic follow-up radiological imaging is controversial. The objective of this study was to evaluate the interest in follow-up radiological imaging in patients with PVO. We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of patients with PVO who had both baseline and follow-up radiological imaging. We classified the follow-up images into two groups, improvement/stability, and deterioration, compared with the baseline data. For each patient, we compared their radiological imaging follow-up to their clinical-biological condition assessed at the same time. Eighty-six patients were included. The mean age was 68 years (±13). A total of 99 radiological imaging examinations at diagnosis and at follow-up were analyzed, 69 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and 30 Computerized Tomography (CT scans). The mean delay between the follow-up radiological imaging and clinical evaluation was 2.8 +/- 2.1 months. Of the 36 patients with clinical and biological recovery, 24 patients (67%) had improved radiological imaging and 12 patients (34%) had radiological worsening (new abscesses (

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PMID34207268
PMCPMC8233882

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