title: [<<Sterile>> spondylodiscitis].
abstract: We report the case of a 81 year old women presenting with fever and back pain. Infectious spondylodiscitis was first supposed due to the imaging of the spine although no pathogenic agent could be proved. Antibiotic therapy was initiated. Because of the persistence of the symptoms biopsy was repeated, this time done by a surgeon. Eventually spinal gout was diagnosed. Symptomatic therapy alone removed the discomfort.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dünkel
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oestmann
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jonczy
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid