Trace the pathogen, and treat individually: Experience and thinking on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal infectious diseases / 中华骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

The incidence of spinal infectious diseases is on the rise. The diagnosis and treatment of these diseases have always been challenging due to the special location, atypical symptoms, and poor test specificity. In this special issue of spinal infectious diseases, we, together with our colleagues, start from some hot and controversial topics in the current clinical practice, aiming to draw some reference suggestions for the pathogen tracking, imaging characteristics, diagnosis process and treatment methods.