Brucellar, Pyogenic, and Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis at Tertiary Hospitals in Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Retrospective Cohort Study.

Back pain is a common clinical feature associated with infectious spondylodiscitis. The immense value of microbiological investigations accompanied with histologic studies in determining the causative pathogen cannot be emphasized enough. Treatment with prolonged intravenous antimicrobial therapy with surgical intervention in some cases produced a cure rate exceeding 60%.