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From: Comparison of gram-negative and gram-positive hematogenous pyogenic spondylodiscitis: clinical characteristics and outcomes of treatment

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Escherichia coli infectious spondylodiscitis of L3-4 in a patient with a past history of colon cancer (a). Disc space was narrowing with nearby destructed endplates on L3-4 level; b Osteomyelitis in L3-4 vertebral bodies, discitis and psoas abscess without epidural abscess were found in gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; c Anterior and posterior spinal surgery was noticed in the immediate postoperative X-ray.; d and e Solid bone fusion was noticed at the 2-year follow-up

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