There were no statistically significant differences in leukocytes, CRP levels, use of antibiotics, neurological symptoms, presence of typical MRI findings of spondylodiscitis, paravertebral pleghmon/abscess, severe vertebral height loss, and hyperkyphosis before biopsy between patients with positive and negative CT-guided biopsy cultures (P = 0.214–1.000) (Table 2). Here, CRP is linked to abscess.