title: [Is bacterial osteomyelitis of the spine spondylitis or spondylodiscitis?].
abstract: This is a retrospective study of 43 patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis. Results obtained with several diagnostic methods, including myelography and CT are described and the usefulness of the different methods is assessed. The frequency of occurrence of the pathogenic bacteria, the focal localization, and the interval between early symptoms and diagnosis are determined. Involvement of intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebrae indicates the development of spondylodiscitis. There are several reasons to characterize the vertebral osteomyelitis as spondylodiscitis too.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik, Universitätsinstitut für Medizinische Radiologie, Kantonsspital, Basel, Schweiz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elke
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Radü
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boner
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009192:Myelography; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013997:Time Factors; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Ist die bakterielle Osteomyelitis der Wirbelsäule eine Spondylitis oder Spondylodiscitis?