title: Osteomyelitis of the spine due to Salmonella infection--conservative treatment with quinolone: a case report.
abstract: Although osteomyelitis due to Salmonella infection is known to be associated with sickle cell anemia, various hemoglobinopathies and immune suppressive states, it may also occur in normal hosts. A 16-year-old Chinese boy without sickle cell disease or any other condition that would compromise the immune system had osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine caused by Salmonella enteritidis. The condition was treated conservatively with ciprofloxacin (quinolone group). This may be the first reported case in which a patient with spinal osteomyelitis due to Salmonella infection, who was otherwise healthy, was successfully treated nonoperatively with quinolone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012477:Salmonella enteritidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin