Spondylodiscitis complicating infective endocarditis.
Andreina CarboneAudrey LieuBasile MouhatFrancesco SantelliMary PhilipYohann BohbotLaetitia TessonnierFanny PeugnetAntonello D'AndreaSerge CammilleriQuentin DelpierreFrédérique GourietLaurence Camoin-JauMesut GunJean-Paul CasaltaAlberto RiberiFrederic CollartHélène MartelFlorent ArregleEric GuedjDidier RaoultMichel DrancourtChristophe TribouilloyGilbert HabibPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2020)
PS is a frequent complication of IE (8.5% of IE), is observed in older hypertensive patients with enterococcal or S. gallolyticus IE, and has a similar prognosis than other forms of IE. Since PS is associated with specific management, multimodality imaging including MRI, CT and PET/CT should be used for early diagnosis of this complication of endocarditis.