These guidelines are an update of those made in 2007 at the request of the French Society
of Infectious Diseases (SPILF, Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française) …

OBJECTIVE The escalating incidence of de novo spinal infections poses a substantial
neurological impact on patients. This has prompted a growing interest in discerning which …

(1) Background: Patients with spondylodiscitis often present with unspecific and
heterogeneous symptoms that delay diagnosis and inevitable therapeutic steps leading to …

Infective spondylodiscitis (ISD), the infection of vertebral bodies and surrounding tissues, is
a rare complication with major impact on the long-term survival of hemodialysis (HD) …

Background It is difficult to select an appropriate empirical antibiotic treatment regimen for
patients with culture-negative pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO). Having knowledge of …

Older patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) usually have more medical
comorbidities compared with younger patients, and present with advanced infections from …

Aims The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of spinal instrumentation in
haemodialyzed patients with native pyogenic spondylodiscitis. Spinal instrumentation in …

Spondylodiscitis is a rare but severe condition characterized by spinal and paraspinal
infections that will present to healthcare providers, including chiropractors, because of neck …

Purpose Patients with vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) and comorbidities, notably chronic kidney
disease (CKD), are at risk of early mortality. The aim of this study was to compare …

Aim: Although the guidelines recommend arteriovenous fistula (AVF) primarily as vascular
access in hemodialysis patients, tunneled catheter (TC) use is gradually increasing. TCs are …