title: Salmonella spondylodiscitis of the thoracic vertebrae mimicking spine tuberculosis.
abstract: Extraintestinal Salmonella infection involving the thoracic spine is very rare. It commonly presents with non-specific chronic back pain and can occur with no gastrointestinal manifestation. Blood test results and imaging findings are often indistinguishable from more common chronic spine infections such as spine tuberculosis. Culture studies remain the key to establishing a definitive diagnosis and subsequently successful treatment. We report a case in which a patient presented with symptoms and signs suggestive of spine tuberculosis, yet the culture examination revealed otherwise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ferdhany
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muhamad Effendi
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Ikraam
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Fairudz
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mohd Miswan
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012475:Salmonella; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone