Patients with vertebral osteomyelitis who underwent surgical intervention had lower rates of mortality and recurrence at 1 year compared with patients who received nonoperative treatment ...

Diskitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Axial MRIs of the Lumbar Spine at the L2-3 level; (Left) T1-weighted image; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium image. Note the destructive process at the ...

J Multidiscip Healthc. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S194969. Further reading Osteomyelitis Diagnosis Osteomyelitis Causes What is Osteomyelitis?

Vertebral osteomyelitis leads to moderate to severe back pain, fever, pain in the arm or leg, muscle spasm, difficulty in walking, and kyphosis (abnormal curvature of the spine).

Rifampin-based regimens for treating S. aureus native vertebral osteomyelitis were associated with a lower risk of clinical failure. RR of clinical failure in for patients receiving rifampin was 0.58.

Diskitis and Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Sagittal MRIs of the Lumbar Spine; (Left) T1-weighted image; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium image. Note the destructive process at the L2-L3 interspace, that ...