Pneumococcal Vertebral Osteomyelitis after Epidural Injection: A Rare Event.
Streptococcus pneumoniae vertebral infections have rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with paraspinal and epidural abscesses as well as concomitant bacteremia following epidural injection. This will be the second case in the literature reporting pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis related to epidural manipulation.
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA.
Tamara M
TM
Johnson
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.
Chandrika
C
Chitturi
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Department of Infectious Disease, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.
Michael
M
Lange
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Department of Infectious Disease, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA.
Jin S
JS
Suh
Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA; Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ, USA.
Jihad
J
Slim
Epidural injection; Streptococcus pneumoniae; pneumococcal vertebral osteomyelitis