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Spinal Infections Risk Factors
What Are the Risk Factors for Spinal Infections?
- Drug abuse
- Diabetes
- Hemodialysis or renal failure
- Immunosuppression caused by alcohol, chronic steroid use, cancer or AIDS
- Infectious endocarditis
- Prior invasive procedure or spinal surgeries
- Being in the elderly age range, with no other risk factors
A cause for the infection may not always be able to be identified. Cultures, lab work, MRI, CT and bones scans, X-rays, and biopsies can be used to make a diagnosis.
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Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials.
Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.