Letter to the Editor concerning “Low virulence bacterial infections in cervical intervertebral discs: a prospective case series” by Chen Y, Wang X, Zhang X, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2018: doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5582-4)

[摘要] We have read with great interest the manuscript by Chen et al., which provides an interesting and potentially important perspective into low virulence infections in cervical intervertebral discs [1]. Given our experience in relation to the study of infection amongst patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy surgery [2], we would like to highlight what we consider to be some methodological and data analysis limitations within the study that could impact on the fnal results and conclusion. These are.