Does nuclear tissue infected with bacteria following disc herniations lead to Modic changes in the adjacent vertebrae?

Quantitative Measures of Modic Changes in Lumbar Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Bacteriologic Culture of Excised Intervertebral Disc From Immunocompetent Patients Undergoing Single Level Primary Lumbar Microdiscectomy

(2010) Vijay Agarwal et al.   JOURNAL OF SPINAL DISORDERS & TECHNIQUES

No evidence for presence of bacteria in modic type I changes

(2008) N. Wedderkopp et al.   ACTA RADIOLOGICA

Vertebral endplate signal changes (Modic change): a systematic literature review of prevalence and association with non-specific low back pain

(2008) Tue Secher Jensen et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

An evaluation of PCR primer sets used for detection ofPropionibacterium acnesin prostate tissue samples

(2008) Karen S. Sfanos et al.   PROSTATE

Modic changes, possible causes and relation to low back pain

(2007) H.B. Albert et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES