title: Spondylodiscitis in a patient on chronic hemodialysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 73-year-old man on hemodialysis with a tunneled central venous catheter presented to the emergency room with a fever and severe back pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Physical examination, laboratory investigations, chest radiography, lumbar spine radiography, renal ultrasound, lumbosacral spine MRI and transthoracic echocardiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Spondylodiscitis as a result of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Antibiotic therapy with intravenous cefazolin for 6 weeks and oral minocycline for 2 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, VA North Texas Health Care System, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afshar
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Reilly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology*; D002437:Cefazolin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008911:Minocycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline; D002437:Cefazolin