In children, infectious discitis (D) and infectious spondylodiscitis (SD) are rare diseases that
can cause significant clinical problems, including spinal deformities and segmental …

Infection of the spine is a major category of spinal disease that is difficult to differentiate
clinically from degenerative disease, noninfective inflammatory lesions, and spinal …

I retrospectively reviewed the records of 111 patients who had pyogenic vertebral
osteomyelitis unrelated to an open procedure on the spine. The mean age at the time of the …

PURPOSE: To systematically evaluate magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings
described as being indicative of spinal infection in patients with proven spinal infection …

Objective The aim of this study was to define characteristic MRI findings in the spine of
patients with axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) and provide a definition of a positive spinal MRI …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of MRI for
discrimination between tuberculous spondylitis and pyogenic spondylitis. MATERIALS AND …

Study Design. Retrospective chart review of 103 cases. Objectives. To describe the clinical
use of magnetic resonance imaging in a pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Summary of …

We studied the spectrum of septic discitis presenting to two busy district general hospitals
over 2.5 years (November 1996 to April 1999), surveying the case notes of all patients …

The axial skeleton is frequently the site of septic osteomyelitis, also known as infectious or
septic spondylitis. Its localization, morphologic appearance, and clinical course are …

Study Design. We retrospectively compared magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of
tuberculous (TB) spondylitis and pyogenic spondylitis. Objective. To identify differences …