Index to Chiropractic Literature
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ID 18541
  Title Vertebral osteomyelitis: a case report of a patient presenting with acute low back pain
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16326242
Journal J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2005 Nov-Dec;28(9):713-718
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Publication Type Case Report
Abstract/Notes OBJECTIVE: To report and discuss a case of vertebral osteomyelitis presenting to a chiropractic clinic.

CLINICAL FEATURES: A 65-year-old man presented to a chiropractic clinic with acute low back pain. A lumbar spine magnetic resonance image was obtained with and without contrast in both the sagittal and axial planes. The diagnostic impression was osteomyelitis and discitis across the L2-3 disk space with epidural abscess posterior to L3 and a paravertebral abscess. The patient was referred for medical management. A computed tomography-guided fine needle aspiration was performed and confirmed a Staphylococcus aureus infection. The L2-3 level was surgically debrided and fused after a regimen of antibiotic therapy.

CONCLUSIONS: This case report presents a typical clinical presentation of vertebral osteomyelitis and reviews the diagnostic imaging, pathophysiology of spontaneous vertebral osteomyelitis, and treatment options in the management of this condition.

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