Pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis of the elderly: Characteristics and outcomes

• Johan Courjon ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: courjon.j@chu-nice.fr

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Nice, Hôpital Archet 1, Nice, France, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-5104

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• Adrien Lemaignen,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France, François Rabelais University, Tours, France

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• Idir Ghout,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne, France

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• Audrey Therby,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles, Hôpital Mignot, Le Chesnay, France

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• Nadia Belmatoug,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France

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• Aurélien Dinh,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France

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• Guillaume Gras,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France

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• Louis Bernard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Tours, Hôpital Bretonneau, Tours, France, François Rabelais University, Tours, France

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• on behalf of the DTS (Duration of Treatment for Spondylodiscitis) study group

  ¶Membership of the DTS study group is listed in Acknowlegments

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