XXXX : a detailed analysis based on current findings.

@entity1 @entity1610 @entity3377 @entity1511 @entity158 @entity6467 @entity2259
Three hundred thirty-one cases of @entity3377 included in a 10-year prospective protocol were reviewed to identify and follow up @entity1 with @entity1511 . Of 20 @entity1 (17 male and three female; mean age, 54 years), @entity1511 was diagnosed soon after onset of the @entity3377 in 15, there were significant systemic symptoms in 17, and blood cultures were positive for @entity6467 in 14. The main symptom was @entity158 . The commonest radiographic changes were narrowing of the disk and @entity1610 . The discrete character of radiographic alterations and negative uptake on bone scanning caused diagnostic delays in three @entity1 . 99mTc bone scans finally became abnormal in all @entity1 , but were not useful for follow-up because low uptake persisted after the clinical status stabilized. Three @entity1 had paravertebral abscesses; in two of them fever and @entity158 persisted despite antibiotic therapy until diagnosis and surgical drainage. Finally, all @entity1 were cured, ten with sequelae. @entity1511 often had an acute clinical course with @entity2259 . Because neither clinical nor radiographic changes one year after onset were significant, long-term follow-up is not considered necessary except when paravertebral abscess is suspected.
