Abstract
Fluoroscopically guided percutaneous fine-needle aspiration of the intervertebral disk space was performed in 10 dogs with diskospondylitis. Positive bacterial cultures were obtained from 9 of 12 aspirated disk spaces, 1 of 6 blood cultures, and 6 of 10 urine cultures. Positive disk cultures were obtained from 2 dogs with negative blood and urine cultures and from 2 additional dogs with low numbers of Staphylococcus in urine cultures. Adverse clinical sequelae of the procedure were not noted. Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration of the intervertebral disk space is an alternative technique to surgical biopsy to obtain positive bacterial cultures from dogs with diskospondylitis.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacillaceae Infections / diagnosis
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Bacillaceae Infections / pathology
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Bacillaceae Infections / veterinary
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Bacillus / isolation & purification
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Biopsy, Needle / methods
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Biopsy, Needle / veterinary*
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Blood / microbiology
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Diskectomy, Percutaneous / methods
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Diskectomy, Percutaneous / veterinary*
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Dog Diseases / metabolism
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Dog Diseases / microbiology*
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Dog Diseases / surgery*
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Dogs
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Female
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Fluoroscopy / methods
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Fluoroscopy / veterinary
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Intervertebral Disc / microbiology*
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Male
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Retrospective Studies
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Spondylitis / microbiology
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Spondylitis / surgery
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Spondylitis / veterinary*
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Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
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Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
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Staphylococcal Infections / veterinary
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Staphylococcus / isolation & purification
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Urine / microbiology