Is the discopathy associated with Modic changes an infectious process? Results from a prospective monocenter study

• Salim Ahmed-Yahia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Salim Ahmed-Yahia, Jean-Winoc Decousser

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Jean-Winoc Decousser ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Salim Ahmed-Yahia, Jean-Winoc Decousser

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jean-winoc.decousser@aphp.fr

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France, EA 7380 Dynamyc Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Ecole nationale vétérinaire d’Alfort (EnvA), Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Créteil, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-6202

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• Charles Henri Flouzat-Lachaniette,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Orthopaedic Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Guillaume Dervin,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Rheumatology Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• François Roubineau,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Orthopaedic Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Etienne Audureau,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Public Health Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Alexia Hourdille,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Guilhem Royer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Florent Eymard,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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• Xavier Chevalier

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Departement, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France

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