title: Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis.
abstract: Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis is defined as a primary infection in the osseous elements of the spine by pyogenic organisms with secondary involvement of the intervertebral disc and adjacent soft tissue or epidural space. Epidemiology and pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis are briefly reviewed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Special Surgery New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Dhawlikar
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boachie-Adjei
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013131:Spine / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes