title: A 73-Year-Old Male with Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis Presenting as Urosepsis.
abstract: Vertebral osteomyelitis is a serious debilitating infection if not detected early. Involvement of cervical vertebrae is usually seen in the presence of specific risk factors. Urinary tract infection commonly spreads to the lumbar vertebrae. This is a case presentation of an elderly male who, in the absence of specific risk factors for cervical osteomyelitis, presented with symptoms of urinary tract infection and was found to have cervical spine osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: PGY2 Resident, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakarlapudi
authors.affiliation: Medical Student, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Speirs
authors.affiliation: PGY3 Resident, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lal
authors.affiliation: Program Director, Internal medicine residency program and Director of Cardiology, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alaie
authors.affiliation: Chairman, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.affiliation: Attending Physician, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.affiliation: Attending Physician, Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, Mount Vernon, NY, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kolanuvada
authors.affiliation: Medical Student, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhargava
keywords: bacteremia; bacteriuria; urinary tract infection; vertebral osteomyelitis