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From: A rare lumbar pyogenic spondylodiscitis caused by staphylococcus caprae with initial misdiagnosis: case report and literature review

Fig. 2

Pictures during the operation and pathological report of L5 bony tissue biopsy. Notes: (a and b) X-ray pictures of fluoroscopy during operation, L5 vertebrae was punctured from left pedicle by needle. (c) bony tissue was obtained from L5. (d and e) Sterile saline solution was irrigated through needle into L5 by syringe and collected for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria culture and drug susceptibility test. (f) Pathological report showed diffused distribution of plenty of lymphocytes without the gathering of epithelioid cell granulomas, granular necrosis and Langerhans giant cells

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