Validation of a clinical scoring system to differentiate mycobacterial and bacterial causes of spondylodiscitis: a retrospective cohort study from Kerala, India
The validated clinical scoring system reliably distinguishes mycobacterial from bacterial spondylodiscitis and may guide empirical management in settings where timely microbiological diagnosis is not feasible.
Authors
- Rajalakshmi Ananthanarayanan
- Steven Van Den Broucke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-1590)
- Sundeep Malla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8504-5659)
- Erika Vlieghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-3030)
- Emmanuel Bottieau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5868-7760)
- Vettakkara Kandy Muhammed Niyas
- Nitin Gupta
- Dheeraj Mohan
- Mohamed Puthiyaveettil Zunimol
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education (IN)
- Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Kalpavriksh (IN)
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (IN)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infezioni in Medicina
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53854/liim-3303-7
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00