Vertebral osteomyelitis (or spondylodiscitis) is steadily increasing in Western countries and often results from hematogenous seeding, direct inoculation during spinal surgery, or contiguous spread from an infection in the adjacent soft tissue. We present the case of a 67-year-old white patient with type 2 diabetes who went to Hospital for high fever, back pain, and worsening of known infected ulcers in the left foot. Despite intravenous antibiotic treatment and surgical debridement of the foot infection, high fever and lower back pain continued. Bone biopsy and two consecutive blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus. A spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed, revealing serious osteomyelitis in L4 and L5 complicated by an epidural abscess. Contiguous or other distant focuses of infection were not identified. In this case, diabetic foot could be considered as a primary distant focus for vertebral osteomyelitis. Clinicians should consider vertebral osteomyelitis as a 'possible' diagnosis in patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by foot infection that is associated with fever and lower back pain.

Diabetic foot complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess / Mantovani, A; Trombetta, M; Imbriaco, C; Rigolon, R; Mingolla, L; Zamboni, F; Dal Molin, F; Cioccoloni, D; Sanga, V; Bruti, M; Brocco, E; Conti, M; Ravenna, G; Perrone, F; Stoico, V; Bonora, E. - In: ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2052-0573. - 2016:(2016), p. 150132. [10.1530/EDM-15-0132]

Diabetic foot complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess

Sanga, V;
2016

Abstract

Vertebral osteomyelitis (or spondylodiscitis) is steadily increasing in Western countries and often results from hematogenous seeding, direct inoculation during spinal surgery, or contiguous spread from an infection in the adjacent soft tissue. We present the case of a 67-year-old white patient with type 2 diabetes who went to Hospital for high fever, back pain, and worsening of known infected ulcers in the left foot. Despite intravenous antibiotic treatment and surgical debridement of the foot infection, high fever and lower back pain continued. Bone biopsy and two consecutive blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus. A spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed, revealing serious osteomyelitis in L4 and L5 complicated by an epidural abscess. Contiguous or other distant focuses of infection were not identified. In this case, diabetic foot could be considered as a primary distant focus for vertebral osteomyelitis. Clinicians should consider vertebral osteomyelitis as a 'possible' diagnosis in patients with type 2 diabetes complicated by foot infection that is associated with fever and lower back pain.
2016
Vertebral osteomyelitis; Type 2 diabetes; Diabetic foot
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Diabetic foot complicated by vertebral osteomyelitis and epidural abscess / Mantovani, A; Trombetta, M; Imbriaco, C; Rigolon, R; Mingolla, L; Zamboni, F; Dal Molin, F; Cioccoloni, D; Sanga, V; Bruti, M; Brocco, E; Conti, M; Ravenna, G; Perrone, F; Stoico, V; Bonora, E. - In: ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES & METABOLISM CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2052-0573. - 2016:(2016), p. 150132. [10.1530/EDM-15-0132]
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