A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis | Zendy

H. Kakarlapudi | Zendy; S. Speirs | Zendy; Aseem Lal | Zendy; D. Alaie | Zendy; R. Petrillo | Zendy; Mushtaq Ashraf | Zendy; Bangaruraju Kolanuvada | Zendy; Manorama Bhargava | Zendy

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A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis

Author(s) -

H. Kakarlapudi,

S. Speirs,

Aseem Lal,

D. Alaie,

R. Petrillo,

Mushtaq Ashraf,

Bangaruraju Kolanuvada,

Manorama Bhargava

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1179-5476

DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s31253

Subject(s) - osteomyelitis , medicine , vertebral osteomyelitis , urinary system , cervical vertebrae , presentation (obstetrics) , cervical spine , lumbar , surgery

Vertebral osteomyelitis is a serious debilitating infection if not detected early. Involvement of cervical vertebrae is usually seen in the presence of specific risk factors. Urinary tract infection commonly spreads to the lumbar vertebrae. This is a case presentation of an elderly male who, in the absence of specific risk factors for cervical osteomyelitis, presented with symptoms of urinary tract infection and was found to have cervical spine osteomyelitis.

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