Pyogenic spondylodiscitis involves the disc space and the two adjacent vertebral bodies. Our case study shows the clinical, laboratory and imaging follow up in a patient with prompt relief after cure with antibiotics that were given according to the cultivation and sensitivity of the pathogen from the blood culture. MRI enables monitoring of osseous changes even after regression of clinical symptoms and to demonstrate the residual finding.

        Key words: pyogenic spondylodiscitis - magnetic resonance imaging - vertebral body osteomyelitis - postinflammatory osseous changes