Infectious lesions of the spine: draft national clinical guidelines

Abstract

A draft national clinical guidelines for spinal infectious lesions are submitted for discussion. Clinical guidelines are intended to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of infectious spondylitis and based on modern information about the pathology under consideration. The authors invite interested professionals to the discussion.

Keywords

• spondylitis
• infectious spondylitis
• granulomatous osteomyelitis
• nonspecific osteomyelitis of the spine
• tuberculosis
• diag- nosis
• differential diagnosis
• treatment