Early and late mortality in vertebral osteomyelitis: who dies within the first year after diagnosis
One out of five VO patients dies within the first year after diagnosis. Risk factors for mortality within the first year include CKD and bacteremia. As a consequence in particular those patients should be closely monitored within the first year after.
Authors
- Dorothee Jochimsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-7296)
- Peer Eysel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9929-3370)
- Juan Manuel Viñas-Ríos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1176-0075)
- A Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-8417)
- Nikolaus Kernich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-5725)
- Ayla Yagdiran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-5995)
- Charlotte Meyer‐Schwickerath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-6516)
- Carolyn Weber
- Krishnan Sircar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8865-8795)
- Julia Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-7454)
- Stefan Meuser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-0594)
- Arian Abi-Chokami
Institutions
- Helios Hospital Siegburg (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02541-9
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.03
Funders
- Universitätsklinikum Köln