| vertebral osteomyelitis in qatar. | twenty-eight cases of vertebral osteomyelitis were diagnosed at hamad general hospital in qatar between january 1988 and december 1991: 16 (57.2%) cases were tuberculous spondylitis, 6 (21.4%) brucella spondylitis, 3 (10.7%) staphylococcus aureus spondylitis, 2 (7.1%) salmonella spondylitis, and 1 (3.6%) pseudomonas cepacia spondylitis. plain vertebral x-ray films and ct scans were abnormal in all patients. bone and gallium scans were abnormal in 87.5% and 64% of cases respectively. clinical man ... | 1994 | 8031687 |