Bone features reinforce differential diagnosis between tuberculous spondylitis and brucellosis spondylitis
TS and BS exhibit specific features of bone formation, bone destruction, and sequestrum on CT imaging. Our findings indicate that bone features on CT can help clinicians distinguish between two spinal infections.
Authors
- Meimei Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-6732)
- Xingzhi Jing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6916-4204)
- Qingbo Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-8155)
- Xingang Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4252-5222)
- Xiaoyang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5969-1390)
- Jianmin Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1241-6647)
Institutions
- Shandong Provincial Hospital (CN)
- Shandong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital (CN)
- Shandong First Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10174-w
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.83
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province