Using C-Reactive Protein Measurements to Predict Treatment Failure in Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Multisite Retrospective Cohort Study Cohort Study.

Open Forum Infect Dis · 2026 · PMC13166149 · PMID 42131621

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Results of the multivariate model associating last CRP with treatment failure approached but did not reach statistical significance ( P = .06) when the high-risk factors of S aureus infection and epidural abscess were controlled for.

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