Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event

Streptococcus pneumoniae vertebral infections have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with paraspinal and epidural abscesses as well as concomitant bacteremia following epidural injection. This will be the second case in the literature reporting pn...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Tamara M, Chitturi, Chandrika, Lange, Michael, Suh, Jin S, Slim, Jihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27621563
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.188597
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author Johnson, Tamara M
Chitturi, Chandrika
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Suh, Jin S
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description Streptococcus pneumoniae vertebral infections have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with paraspinal and epidural abscesses as well as concomitant bacteremia following epidural injection. This will be the second case in the literature reporting pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis related to epidural manipulation.
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spelling pubmed-49977962016-09-12 Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event Johnson, Tamara M Chitturi, Chandrika Lange, Michael Suh, Jin S Slim, Jihad J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Streptococcus pneumoniae vertebral infections have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with paraspinal and epidural abscesses as well as concomitant bacteremia following epidural injection. This will be the second case in the literature reporting pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis related to epidural manipulation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4997796/ /pubmed/27621563 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.188597 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event
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title_fullStr Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event
title_full_unstemmed Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event
title_short Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event
title_sort pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis after epidural injection: a rare event
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997796/
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