ReviewCureus2021
The Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Spine Infections.
Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Understanding the management of pediatric spondylodiscitis based on existing literature; a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- Infectious Spondylodiscitis of Bacterial Causes in Adults: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- From Culture to Sequencing: Evolving Strategies for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Spondylodiscitis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Review
- Cervical spine infection arising from chronic paronychia: A case report and review of literature.World journal of orthopedics · 2024Article
- Advances in diagnosis and management of atypical spinal infections: A comprehensive review.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: a bibliometric analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Surgical treatment in primary spinal infections in a pediatric population: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- What Do We Know about Spondylodiscitis in Children? A Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The management of pediatric spine infections requires a multidisciplinary approach that includes orthopedic surgeons, infectious disease specialists, interventional radiologists, and others. The prevalence of the disease has increased in frequency, virulence, and degree of soft tissue involvement over the past several years; there has also been a resurgence of some types of infections, such as tuberculosis, fungal, and viral pathogens. The diagnosis can often be reached with a detailed history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging studies. Pathologies mimicking infection require a more invasive approach for diagnosis, including core or open biopsy. The treatment of discitis, spondylodiscitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, spinal epidural, and intramedullary abscesses in children is at times complex, and although many infections can be treated non-surgically with antibiotic therapy, some more extensive infections require surgical management. A timely diagnosis is important as it allows the initiation of the appropriate antimicrobial therapy and would decrease the complexity of the subsequent surgical intervention.
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