Diagnosis. Spondylodiscitis as a result of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Management. Antibiotic therapy with intravenous cefazolin for 6 weeks and oral minocycline for 2 ...

The findings are published in the European Spine Journal. Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a disease caused by bacterial infections of the spine and intervertebral disks. Disease progression can lead ...

Background: A recent population-based study from Denmark showed that the incidence of spondylodiscitis rose from 2.2 to 5.8 per 100 000 persons per year over the period 1995–2008; the age ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a disease caused by bacterial infections of the spine and intervertebral discs. Disease progression can lead to lower back pain, numbness, and ...

Spondylodiscitis is osteomyelitis of the spine and can cause severe symptoms. Hospital mortality is in the region of 2% to 17%. Methods: Selective literature review and results of the authors ...

Pyogenic spondylodiscitis is a bacterial infection affecting the intervertebral disc and its adjacent vertebrae. Although relatively rare, it is a challenging medical disease with a poor prognosis ...

It seems legitimate to perform further work-up (contrast-enhanced MRI or biopsy, if required) and evaluate the primary diagnosis if no clinical improvement is observed after targeted treatment for ...

MRI showed spondylodiscitis of L3-L4 with a contiguous extradural abscess. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from cultures of aspirated pus from his SCJ, and from his urine and blood. The SCJ ...

Despite high success rates, this very specific and precise surgery can lead to complications of which the most serious is an infection, called spondylodiscitis. Metallic instrumentation, often used in ...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed severe infection-led bone damage to the spinal-discs spaces called spondylodiscitis. A bone biopsy and culture grew aspergillus species — a type ...