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Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient

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Zayed, Y; Swaid, B; Gupta, R; Haykal, T; Osterholzer, D
Published in: Clinical Case Reports
January 1, 2019

New onset low back pain which is recalcitrant to usual treatment should be evaluated aggressively even in the absence of fever or neurologic deficits. Corticosteroids given for back pain will accelerate occult spinal infection and may mask symptomatology leading to more severe disease.

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Clinical Case Reports

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2050-0904

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

7

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1

Start / End Page

229 / 230

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
 

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Zayed, Y., Swaid, B., Gupta, R., Haykal, T., & Osterholzer, D. (2019). Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient. Clinical Case Reports, 7(1), 229–230. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1864
Zayed, Y., B. Swaid, R. Gupta, T. Haykal, and D. Osterholzer. “Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient.” Clinical Case Reports 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 229–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1864.
Zayed Y, Swaid B, Gupta R, Haykal T, Osterholzer D. Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient. Clinical Case Reports. 2019 Jan 1;7(1):229–30.
Zayed, Y., et al. “Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient.” Clinical Case Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 229–30. Scopus, doi:10.1002/ccr3.1864.
Zayed Y, Swaid B, Gupta R, Haykal T, Osterholzer D. Unrecognized staphylococcal vertebral osteomyelitis leading to fatal outcome in a previously healthy patient. Clinical Case Reports. 2019 Jan 1;7(1):229–230.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clinical Case Reports

DOI

EISSN

2050-0904

Publication Date

January 1, 2019

Volume

7

Issue

1

Start / End Page

229 / 230

Related Subject Headings

  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 30 Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences