Study Design. A prospective comparative analysis of surgically-treated nontuberculous
primary pyogenic infection of the spine (PPIS). Objective. To evaluate and compare the …

The number of intravenous (IV) drug abusers has been increasing in recent years. They are
generally younger and healthier than the typical patient with a spinal infection. Reviewing …

Object Primary spine infection secondary to intravenous drug abuse (IVDA) is a difficult
clinical entity encountered by spine surgeons and infectious disease specialists. Patients …

Study Design. We performed a retrospective review of 48 cases of pyogenic spinal infection
presenting over a 12-year period to the National Spinal Injuries Unit (NSIU) of the Republic …

Objective To evaluate the available evidence for the management of Pyogenic Spinal
Infection (PSI). Methods and results A comprehensive search for the relevant literature …

Study Design. Retrospective. Objective. To assess long-term adverse functional outcome
following pyogenic spinal infection using standardized outcome measures, Oswestry …

Purpose Cervical spine pyogenic infections are unusual compared to other vertebral
segments, but they can be associated to worse clinical outcomes. We compared all patients …

Object Pyogenic vertebral infections are rare. In most papers investigators have focused on
risk factors, clinical characteristics, and diagnostic findings, and discussed different …

Educational Objectives As a result of reading this article, physicians should be able to: 1.
Understand the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of spinal infection in an effort to …

Three cases of vertebral osteomyelitis in intravenous drug abusers are described, and 64
cases in the literature are reviewed. The patients were almost exclusively heroin users from …