The impact of antibiotic pre-treatment on diagnostic yield of CT-guided biopsy for spondylodiscitis: A multi-centre retrospective study and meta-analysis.
Hayley WongGregory Patrick TarrKunaal RajpalLara SweetmanAnthony James DoylePublished in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2020)
CT-guided biopsy in suspected spondylodiscitis obtains a positive microbiological yield in about half of patients. This was significantly higher in patients diagnosed with tuberculosis spondylodiscitis, but there was no significant difference with antibiotic pre-treatment. Therefore, antibiotic pre-treatment should not preclude clinicians from pursuing a microbiological sample through CT-guided biopsy.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- contrast enhanced
- image quality
- ultrasound guided
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- dual energy
- fine needle aspiration
- positron emission tomography
- human immunodeficiency virus
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- drug induced
- adverse drug