Primary pyogenic spondylitis following kyphoplasty: a case report

Table 1 Literature review of 10 reported cases of pyogenic spondylitis following vertebroplasty.

Author	Affected vertebral body	Side diagnosis	Age	Bacterium	Therapy	Time from vertebroplasty until infection
Deramond [9]	Unstated	Immunosuppressive therapy	Unstated	No detection	Conservative	Unstated
Kallmes [10]	T12	Immunosuppressive therapy	Unstated	Staphylococcus epidermidis	Conservative	1 month
Yu [14]	T12	Urinary tract infection	78	No detection	Dorsoventral stabilization	1 month
Walker [13]	T11 and T12	Urinary tract infection, cholecystitis, meningitis, diabetes mellitus	64	Enterobacter species	Dorsoventral stabilization	11 days
Walker [13]	L3	Discectomy after spondylodiscitis T12/L1	49	Staphylococcus aureus	Dorsoventral stabilization	8 months
Schmid [11]	L3 - L5	Liver cirrhosis, alcohol abuse	55	No detection	Conservative	2 weeks
Alfonso [7]	L3	None	63	Serratia marcescens, Stenotrophmonas maltophilia, Burkholderia cepacia	Dorsoventral stabilization	1 month
Vats [12]	L1	Diabetes mellitus, decubital ulcus II	73	Streptococcus agalactiae	Conservative	6 months
Lin [15]	T12	Immunosuppressive therapy, urinary tract infection	65	Acinetobacter species	Ventral stabilization	6 months
Chen [8]	T11	Diabetes mellitus, vertebroplasty T12	95	Proprioni acnes	Drainage with subsequent vertebroplasty	2 months

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