title: Thoracic vertebral osteomyelitis following catfish spine impalement.
abstract: Although rare, thoracic osteomyelitis can occur when toxins from a catfish spine impalement to the hand spread via the blood. This article describes diagnosis and management of this condition in a man who required hospitalization for debilitating back pain that developed 3 weeks after the initial injury.
authors.affiliation: At the Mayo Clinical Health System in Mankato, Minn., Elizabeth Sateren-Zoller practices neurosurgery, Manish S. Sharma is a consultant in neurologic surgery, Thiha Tin is an attending physician in internal medicine and infectious disease, Dominic M. Cannella is a consultant neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at the system's Immanuel St. Joseph Hospital, and Douglas Chyatte is a professor of neurosurgery. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sateren-Zoller
authors.forename: Manish S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Thiha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tin
authors.forename: Dominic M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cannella
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chyatte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002397:Catfishes; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents