[Correspondence] Campylobacter jejuni vertebral osteomyelitis or tuberculosis: persisting diagnostic ambiguity

This report described a patient with chronic pain in his lower back who presented in the emergency department with fever and diarrhoea. C jejuni was isolated from blood and stool cultures. MRI of the lumbosacral spine revealed vertebral osteomyelitis with an epidural abscess and diffuse enhancement of the paravertebral soft tissue. The patient was diagnosed with C jejuni vertebral osteomyelitis and given ciprofloxacin for 6 weeks.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research