Pyogenic spondylodiskitis (PS) or vertebral osteomyelitis is a bacterial infection of the spine that accounts for 2-7% of all hematogenous osteomyelitis. It most commonly affects the intervertebral disc, adjacent vertebral bodies and perivertebral tissues and may extend to the posterior elements of the spine. Cervical spondylodiscitis (SD), although less frequent compared to that which affects ...

Indwelling epidural catheters are frequently used to manage postoperative pain. This report describes a patient who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) vertebral osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine following epidural catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of MRSA vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to epidural catheter use in the Engl...

Pyogenic spondylodiskitis (PS) or vertebral osteomyelitis is a bacterial infection of the spine that accounts for 2-7% of all hematogenous osteomyelitis. It most commonly affects the intervertebral disc, adjacent vertebral bodies and perivertebral tissues and may extend to the posterior elements of the spine. Cervical spondylodiscitis (SD), although less frequent compared to that which affects ...

Vertebral osteomyelitis is a common pathology affecting the spine. We present the case of a 46-year-old male who was diagnosed with progressive L2 vertebral osteomyelitis due to a rare pathogen, Granulicatella adiacens. Granulicatella adiacens is part of the normal body flora and is often difficult to culture on traditional mediums. The patient required a lateral corpectomy and posterior fixati...

Vertebral osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are pathologies that principally affect people over fifty years old, but their incidence seems to be growing due to the increase of nosocomial bacteraemia associated with intravascular devices and the aging of hospitalised people. The majority of cases are produced by Staphylococcus aureus. We present the case and diagnostic process of a patient with...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Vertebral osteomyelitis can have different imaging manifestations. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the unusual MR imaging patterns of vertebral osteomyelitis with intraosseous lesions mimicking metastases. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 2000 to August 2007, 7 patients were selected from our data base of 214 patients with confirmed vertebral osteomyeli...