International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 564-569 , September 2009

Spontaneous spondylodiscitis: presentation, risk factors, diagnosis, management, and outcome

  • Eftichia Kapsalaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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  • Nikolaos Gatselis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Papakiriazi 22 str., 41222 Larissa, Greece
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  • Aggelos Stefos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Papakiriazi 22 str., 41222 Larissa, Greece
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  • Konstantinos Makaritsis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Papakiriazi 22 str., 41222 Larissa, Greece
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  • Aikaterini Vassiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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  • Ioannis Fezoulidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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  • George N. Dalekos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Papakiriazi 22 str., 41222 Larissa, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +30 41 0 565251; fax: +30 41 0 565250.

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 8 August 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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☆ This work was presented in part as an abstract at the 32nd Congress of the European Society of Neuroradiology, Genoa, Italy, September 21–23, 2007; Neuroradiology 2007;49(Suppl 2):S127.

PII: S1201-9712(08)01550-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.025

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 564-569 , September 2009

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