BACKGROUND: Image-guided biopsy is routinely conducted in patients with suspected
discitis, though the sensitivity reported in the literature ranges widely. PURPOSE: We …

Native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVO) is a potentially fatal infection which has seen a gradual
increase in its incidence over the past decades. The infection is insidious, presenting with …

Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) may result in neurological deficits and sequelae, so
early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are critical. Many previous studies on PVO exist …

Background context Spontaneous vertebral osteomyelitis (SVOM) is mostly acquired via
hematogenous seeding. Diagnosis of SVOM is often delayed because of the insidious …

Background The diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT)-guided spinal biopsy in
patients with suspected spondylodiscitis is reported inconsistently in the literature. Our aim …

CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy of the spine is a well-described technique for
determining the nature of indeterminate vertebral lesions or establishing a diagnosis of …

Purpose The aim is to compare the pathogen detection performance of metagenomic next-
generation sequencing (mNGS) and the culturing of percutaneous needle biopsy samples …

Object Vertebral osteomyelitis has been reported to occur in approximately 0.2–2 cases per
100,000 annually. Elevated laboratory values such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND CONTEXT Biopsy is important to obtain microbiological and
histopathological diagnosis in spine infections and tumors. To date, there have been no …

OBJECTIVE. The objectives of this study were to determine the diagnostic yield of
percutaneous biopsy of osseous spinal lesions under CT and fluoroscopy guidance and to …