title: Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous disk aspiration in 10 dogs with diskospondylitis.
abstract: Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration of the intervertebral disk space was performed in 10 dogs with diskospondylitis. Positive bacterial cultures were obtained from 9 of 12 aspirated disk spaces, 1 of 6 blood cultures, and 6 of 10 urine cultures. Positive disk cultures were obtained from 2 dogs with negative blood and urine cultures and from 2 additional dogs with low numbers of Staphylococcus in urine cultures. Adverse clinical sequelae of the procedure were not noted. Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration of the intervertebral disk space is an alternative technique to surgical biopsy to obtain positive bacterial cultures from dogs with diskospondylitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Mahaffey
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016863:Bacillaceae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D017587:Diskectomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology