Campos HLD, Carrillo MR, Sánchez CJ, Gómez PMG

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ABSTRACT

Spondylodiscitis represents between 2 to 7% of all cases of bone infection. There are predisposing factors, which may be locoregional: spinal vascularization system, degenerative disease, arthrosis, spinal trauma, and urinary or genital infection. In addition, they may be secondary to direct inoculation by spinal surgery or penetrating trauma. Although the microbiological spectrum is very broad, pyogenic infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus predominate, and specific forms such as tuberculoid or brucelloid are less frequent. Pyogenic spondylitis involves the spinal cord in a segment with two vertebral bodies. Tipically, they look hypointense in the T1 sequence, with loss of definition of the terminal strip and the adjacent vertebral body, and high intensity in the T2 sequence.

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