Chronic osteomyelitis of the thoracic spine due to Salmonella typhi: a case report.
A young woman with a 12-year history of symptoms of osteomyelitis of her spine had been treated for unproven tuberculous disease. During an acute flare-up of her symptoms, bacteriologic proof of Salmonella typhi infection was obtained, and the patient was treated with chloramphenicol and amoxycillin. The case illustrates the difficulties involved in making a radiologic diagnosis and the value of obtaining bacteriologic identification of the organism.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000150:complications*