Kakarlapudi H, Speirs S, Lal A P, Alaie D, Petrillo R, Ashraf M B, Kolanuvada B, Bhargava M
PGY2 Resident, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
Medical Student, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.
Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2015 Dec 20;8:105-7. doi: 10.4137/CCRep.S31253. eCollection 2015.
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.
如果不及早发现,脊椎骨髓炎是一种严重使人虚弱的感染。颈椎受累通常在存在特定风险因素的情况下出现。尿路感染通常会蔓延至腰椎。本文介绍了一例老年男性病例,该患者在没有颈椎骨髓炎特定风险因素的情况下,出现尿路感染症状,随后被发现患有颈椎骨髓炎。