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Epidural abscess signal (EAS) and vertebral body signal (VBS) scores: MRI-based quantitative tools for early differentiation of pyogenic and tuberculous spondylitis to reduce inappropriate empirical therapy

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Published Online: 2026-03-08

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Authors

Chen, Zhibin

Huang, Yuming

Xu, Boxuan

Pan, Yaowang

Chen, Chuanrong

Chen, Rongsheng

Xu, Weihong
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Nature Science Foundation of Fujian province (2021J02035)

Fujian Provincial Finance Project (BPB-2023XWH)
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Article History

Received: 26 October 2025

Accepted: 24 February 2026

First Online: 8 March 2026

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University (2022-1-13, IEC-FOM-013-2).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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