II. Epidemiology
- Most common type of hematogenous Osteomyelitis
III. Pathophysiology
- Polymicrobial in 5-10% of patients
IV. Risk Factors
- Extraspinal infection site
- Urinary tract instrumentation
- Indwelling vascular catheter
- Hemodialysis
- Intravenous Drug Abuse
- Cancer
- Diabetes Mellitus
V. Causes
- Common causes
- Hematogenous spread
- Surgery
- Other causes
- Trauma
- Adjacent infection spread
- Spine Surgery complication
VI. Symptoms
VII. Imaging
- MRI Spine
VIII. Management
- Antibiotic course for 6 weeks
- See Spinal Infection
- See Acute Osteomyelitis Management
IX. References
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Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
ICD10 | M46.2 , M46.20, M46.29 |
SnomedCT | 203241002 |
Dutch | spinale osteomyelitis, osteomyelitis; wervel, wervel; osteomyelitis, Osteomyelitis van wervel |
French | Ostéomyélite spinale |
German | spinale Osteomyelitis, Wirbelosteomyelitis |
English | VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS, vertebral osteomyelitis (diagnosis), vertebral osteomyelitis, Osteomyelitis of vertebra, site unspecified, Spinal osteomyelitis, Osteomyelitis of vertebra, Osteomyelitis of vertebra (disorder), osteomyelitis; vertebra, vertebra; osteomyelitis |
Italian | Osteomielite spinale |
Portuguese | Osteomielite espinhal |
Spanish | Osteomielitis espinal, osteomielitis vertebral (trastorno), osteomielitis vertebral |
Japanese | 脊椎骨髄炎, セキツイコツズイエン |
Czech | Osteomyelitida páteře |
Korean | 척추의 골수염 |
Hungarian | Gerinc osteomyelitis |