SponDT (Spondylodiscitis Diagnosis and Treatment): spondylodiscitis scoring system

Abstract Background Spondylodiscitis is a chameleon among infectious diseases due to the lack of specific symptoms with which it is associated. It is nevertheless a serious infection, with 7% mortality of hospitalized patients, in large part because of delayed diagnosis. The aim of this study was to...

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Main Authors: Lars Homagk, Daniel Marmelstein, Nadine Homagk, Gunther O. Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-019-1134-9