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Case report. Infective discitis as an uncommon but important cause of back pain in older people

Author(s) -

Vijay K. Goel

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/29.5.454

Subject(s) - medicine , discitis , paraplegia , back pain , complication , low back pain , vertebral osteomyelitis , surgery , physical therapy , radiology , spinal cord , osteomyelitis , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry

wo elderly patients (aged 70 and 80 years) presented with severe back pain and restriction of spinal movements. Inflammatory markers were raised and in each case computed tomography findings confirmed infective discitis. One patient improved with antibiotics but the second developed paraplegia, a recognized complication of discitis.

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