• Pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine was successfully treated without bone grafting
in 11 of 12 patients. Staphylococcus aureuswas the most common organism. Four of the …

Pyogenic osteomyelitis rarely affects the first and second cervical vertebrae, and when it
does it can progress to abscess formation, compressing the spinal cord. If the process is …

Within 10 days after cystoscopy causing urosepsis this patient developed persistant
neckpain as initial symptom of vertebral osteomyelitis. E. coli was isolated from urine, blood …

Pyogenic osteomyelitis of the vertebrae accounts for 4% of all osteomyelitis, and is believed
to be increasing in incidence. Pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine is even more …

✓ The authors report 10 cases of spontaneous pyogenic spinal osteomyelitis encountered
within a 3-year period. There were six women and four men, ranging in age from 60 to 84 …

Pre-existing rheumatoid arthritis appeared to have masked the diagnosis and contributed to
a succession of hazardous events in a 58-yearold man with pyogenic cervical osteomyelitis …

✓ A retrospective review of the surgical experience in treating 18 patients with osteomyelitis
of the cervical spine is reported. The patients ranged in age from 20 to 60 years and all …

The diagnosis of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis was made in seven narcotic addicts
between 1967 and 1972. Vertebrae involved were either cervical or lumbar. Bacteriologic …

Pyogenic Osteomyelitis of the Spine Page 1 Pyogenic Osteomyelitis of the Spine
RESULTING IN SPINAL PARALYSIS BY ALVIN A. FREEHAFER, MD, J. GEORGE FUREY …

Osteomyelitis of the cervical spine is a rare disease, representing only 3% to 6% of all cases
of vertebral osteomyelitis. In contrast with other locations of spinal infections, osteomyelitis of …