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Caracterización y asociación clínico bacteriológica en la espondilodiscitis piógena

Acta ortop. mex; 33 (3), 2019
Resumen: Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre las características clínicas y estudios de laboratorio con el tipo de microorganismo aislado en hemocultivos de pacientes con espondilodiscitis piógena. Material y métodos: Es un estudio transversal analítico, se revisaron expedientes clínicos ...

Spondylodiscitis with Extensive Spine Involvement — Case Report

Arq. bras. neurocir; 37 (3), 2018
Spondylodiscitis consists of an inflammatory process of infectious origin that affects primarily the intervertebral disc and spreads to the adjacent vertebral bodies, often evolving into osteomyelitis, with consequent associated neurological damage. The diagnosis is often delayed, with an average of 2 to...

High cervical spine spondylodiscitis management and literature review

Summary Spondylodiscitis affecting the cervical spine is the most unusual type. Disease progression can be dramatic, even causing quadriplegia and death. We present an unusual case that progressed with osteolytic lesions between C2 and C3, causing cord compression and epidural abscess. The patient was tr...

Espondilodiscite tuberculosa: o problema diagnóstico diante da necessidade de uma conduta terapêutica precoce
Tuberculous spondylitis: a diagnosis problems in front of therapeutical approaches early needs

J. bras. med; 80 (6), 2001
Os autores fazem uma análise retrospectiva de 10 casos de espondilodiscite tuberculosa (EDT), atendidos no Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley da Universidade Federal da Paraíba (HULW/UFPB), no período de 1987 a 1997, todos com diagnóstico presuntivo de EDT, confirmados por exames de imagem. Enfa...