How is the microbial diagnosis of bacterial vertebral osteomyelitis performed? An 11-year retrospective study.

Vertebral osteomyelitis (VOM) is often diagnosed with delays, resulting in poorer outcomes. Microbial documentation is particularly challenging and obtained using blood cultures (BCs) and vertebral biopsies (VBs; CT-guided or surgical). We retrospectively analysed VOM cases in a tertiary reference centre between 2004 and 2015, focusing on how and how quickly microbiological diagnosis was performed.

Hepatic Brucelloma Diagnosis and Long-Term Treatment, France.

We report a case of hepatic brucelloma in France. This diagnosis may be suspected in any patient who has a liver abscess after traveling to a brucellosis-endemic area. Brucella spp.