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. 2011 May 18;20(12):2228–2234. doi: 10.1007/s00586-011-1838-y

Table 2.

Numbers of the abscess-involved levels of the spine

Extension of abscesses in spinal levels
One level 3
Two levels 20
Three levels 9
Four levels 1
More levels 3
Total number of lesions 36

Mostly two levels were involved (20/36 cases; 55.6%); in one patient 13 spinal levels were affected