Table 1 Demographic and past or current clinical features of the vertebral osteomyelitis patients
Patient | Age (years) | Gender (m/f) | Secondary diagnoses | Days of blood draw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-OP | 3–5 days post-OP | 6–11 days post-OP | 40–56 days post-OP | 63–142 days post-OP | ||||
1 | 76 | m | NPP with surgery L2/L3 left side | 0 | 5 | 9 | n.a. | 98 |
2 | 79 | m | CHD, ischemic cardiomyopathy with low left-ventricular function, implantation of defibrillator, chronic sigma diverticulitis, partly gastric resection, glomus tumor | 0 | 5 | 9 | n.a. | 96 |
3 | 58 | f | AH, CMV infection, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, hypothyreosis, obesity, hepatic steatosis, renal insufficiency, hyperbilirubinaemia (Morbus Meulengracht), cholecystectomy, hysterectomy |  -1 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 104 |
4 | 66 | m | AH, type 2 DM, diabetic foot syndrome, diabetic nephropathy, atrial septal aneurysm, hepatitis E infection, type C-gastritis, middle-grade valvular aortic stenosis, mitral insufficiency grade 1, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, borreliosis |  -1 | 3 | 9 | 50 | 94 |
5 | 71 | m | AH, urosepsis, acute renal failure with initial creatinine of 2.2 mg/dl, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, middle-grade aortic stenosis and low-grade insufficiency with high calcification of the aortic valve, hypothyroidism, incomplete disc herniation in thoracic/lumbal spine |  -1 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 85 |
6 | 53 | f | None |  -1 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 99 |
7 | 68 | f | AH, osteomyelitis in childhood, gastric ulcer |  -14 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 85 |
8 | 75 | f | AH, urosepsis, thrombophlebitis, CHD, total knee arthroplasty right leg | 0 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 126 |
9 | 63 | m | Bradycardia, pacemaker | 0 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 83 |
10 | 71 | m | AH, hepatitis A infection, hip total endoprosthesis 3× left side caused by empyema, shoulder surgery left side caused by empyema | 0 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 103 |
11 | 54 | m | Deep vein thrombosis right leg, fracture of the left femur and left lower leg | 0 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 90 |
12 | 72 | f | AH, ovarial cancer, urethral splint, transient ischemic attack | 0 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 98 |
13 | 59 | m | AH, deep vein thrombosis | -8 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 110 |
14 | 77 | m | AH, cholecystectomy, benign prostate hyperplasia, aneurysm rupture with hemiparesis accented right arm | -9 | n.a. | 8 | 41 | 123 |
15 | 85 | m | AH, atrial fibrillation, decompression of lumbal spine |  -20 | n.a. | 9 | n.a. | 66 |
16 | 73 | f | AH, DM, dorsal spondylodesis |  -1 | 3 | 10 | n.a. | 63 |