Gelfand M S, Miller J H
South Med J. 1987 Apr;80(4):534-5. doi: 10.1097/00007611-198704000-00034.
We have presented the case of an adult with a chronic and indolent pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis, mimicking a malignancy and making diagnosis difficult. The increased frequency of relatively penicillin-resistant strains of pneumococci necessitates susceptibility testing and complicates the selection of antibiotic therapy for serious pneumococcal infections.