Culture-negative versus culture-positive in pyogenic spondylitis and analysis of risk factors for relapse
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Comparison of characteristics of culture-negative pyogenic spondylitis and tuberculous spondylitis: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND Differences between the characteristics of culture positive pyogenic spondylitis (CPPS) and tuberculous spondylitis (TS) are well known. However, differences between the characteristics of culture negative pyogenic spondylitis (CNPS) and TS have not been reported; these would be more helpful in clinical practice especially when initial microbiologic examination of blood and/or biopsy...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0268-8697,1360-046X
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1896677