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

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

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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...

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Main Authors: H. Kakarlapudi, S. Speirs, A.P. Lal, D. Alaie, R. Petrillo, M.B. Ashraf, B. Kolanuvada, M. Bhargava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S31253
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spelling doaj-9708b7e883ad431caf6eace460aed3c92020-11-25T03:32:20ZengSAGE PublishingClinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports1179-54762015-01-01810.4137/CCRep.S31253A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as UrosepsisH. Kakarlapudi0S. Speirs1A.P. Lal2D. Alaie3R. Petrillo4M.B. Ashraf5B. Kolanuvada6M. Bhargava7PGY2 Resident, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.PGY3 Resident, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.Department of Medicine, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.Attending Physician, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.Attending Physician, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.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.https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S31253
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author H. Kakarlapudi
S. Speirs
A.P. Lal
D. Alaie
R. Petrillo
M.B. Ashraf
B. Kolanuvada
M. Bhargava
spellingShingle H. Kakarlapudi
S. Speirs
A.P. Lal
D. Alaie
R. Petrillo
M.B. Ashraf
B. Kolanuvada
M. Bhargava
A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
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S. Speirs
A.P. Lal
D. Alaie
R. Petrillo
M.B. Ashraf
B. Kolanuvada
M. Bhargava
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title A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
title_short A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
title_full A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
title_fullStr A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
title_full_unstemmed A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis
title_sort 73-year-old male with cervical spine osteomyelitis presenting as urosepsis
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
issn 1179-5476
publishDate 2015-01-01
description 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.
url https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S31253
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