Table 3.

Infected level

Patient	Infected level	Number of levels	Psoas muscle abscess	Epidural abscess	Intraoperative biopsy	Preoperative antibiotic treatment	Preoperative blood culture	Septicaemia
1	L2/3	1	y	N	pos	n	neg	y
2	T4/5	1	–	N	neg	y	neg	y
3	L3/4	1	y	N	neg	y	neg	n
4	L4/S1	2	y	Y	pos	y	pos	n
5	L2/4	2	y	N	pos	y	neg	y
6	T3/6	3	–	Y	pos	y	pos	y
7	L3/5	2	y	N	pos	y	neg	y
8	L3/4	1	y	N	pos	y	neg	n
9	T11/L1	2	–	N	pos	y	neg	y
10	T5/6	1	–	N	pos	y	neg	n
11	L2/4	2	y	n	neg	y	neg	y

L lumbar, T thoracic. Number of levels that spondylodiscitis can be detected. N no, y yes, pos positive, neg negative