Analytic Study of Spinal Infections: Clinical Picture, Treatment, and Outcomes in King Fahad Military Medical Complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia  

作　　者：Salma Albahrani Amal Shilash Ayat Albasri Sharifah Almuthen Sama Tawfiq Khalid Alzahrani Amjad Darwish Muneera Albassam Jamil Barhoun Salma Albahrani;Amal Shilash;Ayat Albasri;Sharifah Almuthen;Sama Tawfiq;Khalid Alzahrani;Amjad Darwish;Muneera Albassam;Jamil Barhoun(King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA;Infectious Disease Consultant, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA;Epidemiologist, Infection Control Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA;Internal Medicine Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA;Neurosurgeon Consultant, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA;Radiology Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA)

机构地区：[1]King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA [2]Infectious Disease Consultant, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA [3]Epidemiologist, Infection Control Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA [4]Internal Medicine Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA [5]Neurosurgeon Consultant, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA [6]Radiology Department, King Fahad Military Complex, Dhahran, KSA

出　　处：《Open Journal of Medical Microbiology》2020年第3期103-113,共11页医学微生物学（英文）

摘　　要：<b style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:'';line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> To evaluate the prevalence of spinal infection in a hospital located in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia through a retrospective review and to identify the associated etiological agents in terms of clinical picture, treatment, and outcomes. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Design: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Retrospective cross-sectional study. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Setting:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Single hospital in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Patients with any type of spinal infection and/or who had undergone neurosurgical intervention for spinal infection between January 2006 and December 2018. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> We collected data on all patients with an established diagnosis of spinal infection from January 2006 to December 2018 in the King Fahad Military Medical Complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A validated and structured checklist was used for data collection. Spinal infection diagnosis was based on the clinical manifestation, microbiological evidence, radiological findings, and antimicrobial therapy response. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Seventeen patients were included in this study, and their mean age was 54.93 years. Twelve of the patients were male and four were female. The approximate time from symptom onset to diagnosis was 2</span></span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;"> - </span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;">6 months. Most of the patients experienced back pain, with lumbosacral spondylitis being the most commonly cited type (61.11%), followed </span><span style="line-height:1.5<b style="line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:'';line-height:1.5;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> To evaluate the prevalence of spinal infection in a hospital located in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia through a retrospective review and to identify the associated etiological agents in terms of clinical picture, treatment, and outcomes. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Design: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Retrospective cross-sectional study. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Setting:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Single hospital in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Patients:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Patients with any type of spinal infection and/or who had undergone neurosurgical intervention for spinal infection between January 2006 and December 2018. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> We collected data on all patients with an established diagnosis of spinal infection from January 2006 to December 2018 in the King Fahad Military Medical Complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A validated and structured checklist was used for data collection. Spinal infection diagnosis was based on the clinical manifestation, microbiological evidence, radiological findings, and antimicrobial therapy response. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Seventeen patients were included in this study, and their mean age was 54.93 years. Twelve of the patients were male and four were female. The approximate time from symptom onset to diagnosis was 2</span></span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;"> - </span><span style="line-height:1.5;font-family:Verdana;">6 months. Most of the patients experienced back pain, with lumbosacral spondylitis being the most commonly cited type (61.11%), followed </span><span style="line-height:1.5

关 键 词：Spinal Infection Mycobacterium tuberculosis Quambalaria cyanescens TUBERCULOSIS SPONDYLODISCITIS 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]