title: Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Acinetobacter Spp. Paravertebral Soft Tissue Infection in a 4-Year-Old Boy With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease.
abstract: Vertebral osteomyelitis is known to occur in chronic granulomatous disease, a phagocytic disorder and the etiology is usually a fungus. Indolent spread of fungal infection from lungs to adjacent ribs and vertebra often results in persistent pneumonia and vertebral deformities. We report a 4-year-old boy with chronic cough and kyphosis, who had a fungal vertebral osteomyelitis and Acinetobacter spp. paravertebral soft tissue infection related to X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
authors.affiliation: From the *Allergy Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, †Department of Radiodiagnosis, and ‡Department of Cytology and Gynaecological Pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Pandiarajan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vignesh
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattad
authors.forename: Jitendra-Kumar
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shandilya
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Rashi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rawat
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter; D000151:Acinetobacter Infections; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006105:Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections; D013122:Spinal Diseases