Spondylodiscitis revisited

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Andreas F. Mavrogenis¹  Panayiotis D. Megaloikonomos¹  Vasileios G. Igoumenou¹  Georgios N. Panagopoulos¹  Efthymia Giannitsioti¹  Antonios Papadopoulos¹  Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos¹ 

[1] Attikon General University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine

关键词: spondylodiscitis;    spondylitis;    discitis;    spinal infection;    vertebral osteomyelitis;   

DOI  :  10.1302/2058-5241.2.160062

学科分类：神经科学

来源: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

【 摘 要 】

Infections of the spine have a large spectrum of clinical manifestations. The vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs, spinal canal and paravertebral structures may be involved.1 Spinal infections can be aetiologically classified as pyogenic (bacterial), granulomatous (tuberculous or fungal) and parasitic (Echinococcosis).2 Based on the specific anatomical elements involved, spinal infections may also be classified as spondylitis (vertebral osteomyelitis), discitis, epidural abscess or facet joint arthropathy.3 Nevertheless, alternative anatomical classifications also exist.

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