The etiologic diagnosis of infectious discitis is improved by amplification-based DNA analysis.
Lecouvet
Frédéric
F
Saint Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Irenge
Leonid
L
Vandercam
Bernard
B
Nzeusseu
Adrien
A
Hamels
Sandrine
S
Gala
Jean-Luc
JL
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods*